- January 21, 2025
White holds the 3-pt, christened the “Butterfly Anchor” by Michihito Kageyama. When you hold that point you often end up in non-volatile positions and you are in the game until the
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Unlimited Games. How should Red play 63?
eXtreme Gammon ID: XGID=-b----EAC---cD-aac-e-A--A-:0:0:1:63:0:0:2:0:10
Answer and Commentary
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- January 7, 2025
This is a complex position that I have used for many years in lessons.
Red’s position looks far stronger than it is in practice. Red has twenty-seven-hitting numbers but after