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>Here's a situation I had recently that had me befuddled.....

>     1  2  3  4  5  6        7  8  9 10 11 12
>   +------------------------------------------+ O: - score: 3
>   | X  O  O  O  O  O |   |                   |
>   | X  O  O  O  O  O |   |                   |
>   |       O  O  O    |   |                   |
>   |             O    |   |                   |
>   |                  |   |                   |
>   |                  |BAR|                   |v    5-point match
>   |                  |   |                   |
>   |                  |   |                   |
>   |                  |   |                   |
>   |    X  X  X     X |   |  X  X             |
>   | O  X  X  X     X |   |  X  X     X       |
>   +------------------------------------------+ X: - score: 0
>    24 23 22 21 20 19       18 17 16 15 14 13

>   BAR: O-0 X-0   OFF: O-0 X-0   Cube: 2 (owned by you)

>X to play 5-2.....I played 15-20 17-19 and got hit on 20, losing the game
>and match.  If I played 15-20 18-20, I still leave a point open.  Is there a
>better move here?

I vote with Igor for 17-22, 17-19.  Seven shots get out, four of the seven
allow another direct one or two shot.  O won't leave a blot next roll, so
the game doesn't hang on this one moment.

17-22, 17-19 keeps three builders on whichever point (20 or 24) O stays on.
15-22 leaves only two builders on the 24 point, so it's worse.

John Bazigos' 18-20, 15-20 makes O leave a blot on 4-5.  Not enough to
justify a direct shot.

Cheers,
toni

Toni Wuersch (arw@world.std.com)
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