Quote:
Originally Posted by Aaron W.
No double/take
Black really isn't threatening to do anything here. His front position is all locked up, so he's basically in a scramble to get his 5 checkers around. It's actually going to be a while before black will be able to get everyone around, and in the meantime white is going to keep hitting blots and building up his board.
Hold off on the double until some point when white has a blot for you to shoot at. Hitting a blot will be the type of market-loser that you're looking for.
What are market losers?
A position can be
under the doubling window
in the doubling window
above the doubling window
In the first case there is no market, no market loser either
In the second case there are 2 sorts of market losers:
For instance if white throws a double,61, 31, 42 the position might go from a double to a No Double
Or (the other sort) white might throw 62 or 51 leaving a direct shot, making it a pass.
In the third case your market can be a (back)gammon market
For example: as long as the opponent has no anchor there are (back)gammons in the air.
The position might be Too Good until he anchors.
I think "Hitting a blot will be the type of market-loser that you're looking for",
should be rephrased as: "Hitting a blot will be the type of market-winner that you're looking for"
