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this position occurred in the finals of a late night fnTourney between RickrinSF (red) and me (white) .. we both thought we made the right decision, one of us did the other a big blunder

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Position ID: Z/YMAAzhdgcBBg    Match ID: cAlgAAAACAAA

The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.
-- H. G. Wells , 1903 English author, historian, & utopian (1866 - 1946)

No Cube for me. 
Tell me it is not a cube 

I also lured the fish and ended with the bait in my mouth. 

Correct me if I am wrong, you should never (ok very rarely) offer the cube when you are up 2a-3a

It changes the dynamics from you being ahead to winner take all.

Tom

i voted cube-take

"Correct me if I am wrong, you should never (ok very rarely) offer the cube when you are up 2a-3a"

You should double in big race lead with no contact (except anchor). And then it's almost always pass. But in this position there is still contact so, no cube. That's my rule. Correct me someone if I'm wrong.