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  • Re: Run or stay?

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 17 13:56:21 2022
    Timothy Chow <[email protected]> wrote: >XGID=-ECBBB---------------b-b-A:1:1:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O | O O O
    | | | O O | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | X | | O O
    | |BAR| |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 60 O: 12 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 41

    I'm staying. Very elegant puzzle, Tim. Real or constructed?

    --bks

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 17 08:49:21 2022
    XGID=-ECBBB---------------b-b-A:1:1:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O | O O O
    | | | O O | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | X | | O O
    | |BAR| |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 60 O: 12 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 41

    ---
    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Sat Dec 17 11:03:19 2022
    On 12/17/2022 8:56 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    Timothy Chow <[email protected]> wrote:
    XGID=-ECBBB---------------b-b-A:1:1:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O | O O O
    | | | O O | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | X | | O O
    | |BAR| |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 60 O: 12 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 41

    I'm staying. Very elegant puzzle, Tim. Real or constructed?

    It came up in an actual game that I was playing against XG.
    However, in reality it was part of a match, not an unlimited game
    as I've posed it here.

    ---
    Tim Chow

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Tim Chow on Sat Dec 17 10:02:41 2022
    On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 4:03:21 PM UTC, Tim Chow wrote:
    On 12/17/2022 8:56 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    Timothy Chow <[email protected]> wrote:
    XGID=-ECBBB---------------b-b-A:1:1:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O | O O O
    | | | O O | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | | | O O
    | | X | | O O
    | |BAR| |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 60 O: 12 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 41

    I'm staying. Very elegant puzzle, Tim. Real or constructed?
    It came up in an actual game that I was playing against XG.
    However, in reality it was part of a match, not an unlimited game
    as I've posed it here.

    I'll make the DMP play here.

    Paul

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  • From ah....Clem@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Sat Dec 17 20:56:57 2022
    On 12/17/2022 8:49 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
    XGID=-ECBBB---------------b-b-A:1:1:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
     +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
     |                  |   |       O     O    |  O O O
     |                  |   |       O     O    |  O O
     |                  |   |                  |  O O
     |                  |   |                  |  O O
     |                  | X |                  |  O O
     |                  |BAR|                  |
     |                  |   |                X |
     |                  |   |                X |
     |                  |   |             X  X | +---+
     |                  |   |    X  X  X  X  X | | 2 |
     |                  |   |    X  X  X  X  X | +---+
     +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count  X: 60  O: 12 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 41

    O is off in two most of the time, so bar/5 doesn't save gammon very often.

    Staying risks a backgammon, but they seem rarer than hitting a shot and
    saving gammon that way.

    bar/24 5/1,

    --
    Ah....Clem
    The future is fun, the future is fair.

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  • From ah....Clem@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 17 20:58:24 2022
    On 12/17/2022 1:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:

    I'll make the DMP play here.

    At least it's obvious what that play is.

    --
    Ah....Clem
    The future is fun, the future is fair.

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to ah....Clem on Mon Dec 19 07:56:28 2022
    On 12/17/2022 8:56 PM, ah....Clem wrote:
    O is off in two most of the time, so bar/5 doesn't save gammon very often.

    Stick might claim that if you didn't confuse the 5pt with
    the 20pt then you'd be a much better player. ;-)

    ---
    Tim Chow

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