- February 25, 2020
The bots have taught us a lot about containment. Before the early 1990s we really weren’t very good at containing hit checkers!
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The bots have taught us a lot about containment. Before the early 1990s we really weren’t very good at containing hit checkers!
When we study bear-off doubling we learn about ‘roll’ positions.
Money double is not necessarily the same as a match double.
Small doubles nearly always generate a lot of possible move and hence are difficult to play.
The two blots in White’s home board give Red the licence to make a bold play. The question is what is the right game plan?
A simple third roll position that the best five players in France managed to get wrong last week at the World Team Championships!
Whenever you roll a double it is always worth taking some extra time to think about how to play it as there will be multiple options.
An apparently simple position but only one move is not a triple blunder or worse.