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  • Whack the blot or play safe?

    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 5 12:29:57 2023
    XGID=-B-AB-BbB--BaB---Bbcbab-b-:0:0:1:31:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X X O | | O O O O O |
    | X X O | | O O O O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X O | | X X X |
    | O X X O | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 123 O: 103 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X to play 31

    ---
    Tim Chow

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  • From Stick Rice@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Fri May 5 21:08:34 2023
    On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:30:00 PM UTC-4, Timothy Chow wrote:
    XGID=-B-AB-BbB--BaB---Bbcbab-b-:0:0:1:31:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X X O | | O O O O O |
    | X X O | | O O O O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X O | | X X X |
    | O X X O | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 123 O: 103 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X to play 31

    ---
    Tim Chow

    Does anyone know what the dmp play clearly is? Me neither, so play safe.

    Stick

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  • From Robert Zimmerman@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Sat May 6 08:55:45 2023
    On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:30:00 PM UTC-4, Timothy Chow wrote:
    XGID=-B-AB-BbB--BaB---Bbcbab-b-:0:0:1:31:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X X O | | O O O O O |
    | X X O | | O O O O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X O | | X X X |
    | O X X O | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 123 O: 103 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X to play 31

    ---
    Tim Chow
    You're pretty likely to have another chance at whacking a blot when your inner board is better prepared. Right now O has the better board. I think the timing favors X as long as O doesn't roll doubles.
    Bob

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