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    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 5 09:55:28 2023
    XGID=--b-B-CBC--AAA--bb-ccBaaa-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O O | | O O X O O O |
    | O O | | O O X |
    | | | O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X | | X |
    | X X | | X X O |
    | X X X X | | X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 142 O: 119 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    ---
    Tim Chow

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  • From Stick Rice@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Thu Oct 5 08:16:16 2023
    On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 9:55:33 AM UTC-4, Timothy Chow wrote:
    XGID=--b-B-CBC--AAA--bb-ccBaaa-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O O | | O O X O O O |
    | O O | | O O X |
    | | | O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X | | X |
    | X X | | X X O |
    | X X X X | | X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 142 O: 119 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    ---
    Tim Chow

    Looks like the end game to me.

    Stick

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  • From ah...Clem@21:1/5 to Timothy Chow on Thu Oct 5 17:50:38 2023
    On 10/5/2023 9:55 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
    XGID=--b-B-CBC--AAA--bb-ccBaaa-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game  +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
     | X        O  O    |   | O  O  X  O  O  O |  |          O  O    |   | O  O  X          |  |                  |   | O  O             |  |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |BAR|                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |             X    |   | X                |  |             X  X |   | X     X     O    |
     | X  X        X  X |   | X     X     O    |  +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count  X: 142  O: 119 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action



    Deuce point games are usually passes once the opponent has escaped.
    Here, O has no outfield control and X is sitting on the four point,
    which is pretty close to escaping.

    But O has a big race lead and a decent blockade, so the pass is not
    clear. That implies it must be a cube. And I'll go with take due to the
    race lead and X having work to do to bring his runners around.

    D/T.

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