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Crunching when you're ahead in the race
09-10-2009
, 02:19 PM
Two problems, same position:
a) black to play 31
b) black to play 32
While it's true that 8/4 in a) and 8/3 in b) send a checker out of play, and the correct plays (8/5 6/5 and 8/5 6/4 respectively) do not, shouldn't that be irrelevent when we're this far ahead in the race?
The correct play for b I find exspecially perplexing as it breaks black's best home-board point-- something I imagine black will need if he hits one of white's checkers, rather than giving white a double shot from the bar.
a) black to play 31
b) black to play 32
While it's true that 8/4 in a) and 8/3 in b) send a checker out of play, and the correct plays (8/5 6/5 and 8/5 6/4 respectively) do not, shouldn't that be irrelevent when we're this far ahead in the race?
The correct play for b I find exspecially perplexing as it breaks black's best home-board point-- something I imagine black will need if he hits one of white's checkers, rather than giving white a double shot from the bar.
Last edited by Tuee; 09-10-2009 at 02:40 PM.
