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2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?

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From: ah_c...@ymail.com (ah....Clem)
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Subject: 2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:53:58 -0400
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by: ah....Clem - Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:53 UTC

XGID=-bcBBBBBB----Aa-Abaabba--A:1:-1:1:61:0:0:3:0:10
X:Player 1 O:Player 2

Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O X O O | | O O O O | +---+
| O | | O O | | 2 |
| | | | +---+
| | | |
| | X | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | O |
| X X | | X X X X O O |
| X X | | X X X X O O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 120 O: 178 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 61

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The future is fun, the future is fair.

Re: 2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?

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Subject: Re: 2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?
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by: Timothy Chow - Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:36 UTC

On 10/26/2022 9:53 AM, ah....Clem wrote:
>
> XGID=-bcBBBBBB----Aa-Abaabba--A:1:-1:1:61:0:0:3:0:10
> X:Player 1   O:Player 2
>
> Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
> +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
> | X O     X O O |   | O O O O       | +---+
> |             O    |   |    O O          | | 2 |
> |                  |   |                  | +---+
> |                  |   |                  |
> |                  | X |                  |
> |                  |BAR|                  |
> |                  |   |                  |
> |                  |   |                  |
> |                  |   |             O    |
> |             X X |   | X X X X O O |
> |             X X |   | X X X X O O |
> +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
> Pip count X: 120 O: 178 X-O: 0-0
> Cube: 2, O own cube
> X to play 61

I wouldn't hit none here. There's some chance that O would be able
to counterprime us enough to force us to crack our board. O's timing
is bad enough that we should be thinking about winning a gammon. So
I would hit at least one checker. Not sure about the second checker.
Maybe that gives O enough timing to not crunch her board entirely?
I think I'd hit one with bar/18*, but wouldn't be too surprised if
the computer says to hit twice.

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Tim Chow

Subject	Author
2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?	ah....Clem
Re: 2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?	Timothy Chow