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Backgammon => Fibsboard Forum Matches => FFM 11 => Topic started by: diane on October 17, 2011, 02:57:13 PM

Title: Game 1, move 1: ah_clem 5-1
Post by: diane on October 17, 2011, 02:57:13 PM
Welcome and good luck, ah_clem...enjoy the match  ;)

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Title: Re: Game 1, move 1: ah_clem 5-1
Post by: ah_clem on October 17, 2011, 08:01:32 PM
I'll split here.  Slotting an opening 51 is too risky according to the rollouts, and it's even more risky here due to the additional homeboard.  The other choice is running out to the 18, ut it's rarely right to play both dice on a single checker in the opening.  So split it is.

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