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Unusual positions tend to be difficult

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by: peps...@gmail.com - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 21:03 UTC

I expect that people (perhaps even Stick) will find this problem very
difficult. That doesn't mean no one will get it right.
Maybe lots of people will get it right. But I would be really
impressed and surprised if someone got this right and was utterly
confident about it.

Paul

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Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
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| | | O O O O O |
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| | | X X X | | 4 |
| O X | | X X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 70 O: 73 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 4, X own cube
X on roll, cube action

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by: Timothy Chow - Sat, 23 Apr 2022 20:38 UTC

On 4/22/2022 5:03 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
> Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
> +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
> | | | X O O O O O |
> | | | O O O O O |
> | | | O O |
> | | | O |
> | | | |
> | |BAR| |
> | | O | X |
> | | | X X |
> | | | X X X | +---+
> | | | X X X | | 4 |
> | O X | | X X X X | +---+
> +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
> Pip count X: 70 O: 73 X-O: 0-0
> Cube: 4, X own cube
> X on roll, cube action

I think this is a take. X's priority will be to cover his blot if he
can, so for example if he rolls a 7, I think he will cover rather than
hit. Nine rolls fail to cover, and even some of the covering rolls give
O some return shots. If X does cover, O can still enter and have some
winning chances because of the close race and O's good board.

But covering and dancing looks like a market loser so I would double.

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Tim Chow

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Unusual positions tend to be difficult	peps...@gmail.com
Re: Unusual positions tend to be difficult	Timothy Chow