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Making the anchor loses fewer gammons, and that's definitely a factor at this score. The thing is, it seems passive and it may be too early to adopt a defensive posture.
I think hitting gives us more chance to win and since a single point win is enough to ice it, I'm inclined to hit here. If we hit now, we knock him off-balance since he has to use half his roll to enter and we'll then have a good chance to anchor next roll. If we don't hit now, we probably won't have a chance next roll - he'll escape his blot on the 9 and we'll have a hard time containing the runner so we're looking at playing defense with a big pip deficit.
The other thing I like about the hit is that it unstacks the 13 and develops some point-making threats.
bar/22 13/9* for me.
Question: Move 
Option 1: Bar/21, 24/21
votes: 1
Option 2: Bar/21, 8/5
votes: 0
Option 3: Bar/21, 13/10
votes: 0
Option 4: Bar/22, 13/9*
votes: 3
Option 5: Bar/22, 8/4
votes: 0
Option 6: Bar/22, 6/2
votes: 0
Title: Game 4, move 2: Herd 4-3
Post by: diane on February 08, 2011, 07:40:48 AM
Post by: diane on February 08, 2011, 07:40:48 AM
Position ID: sGfwESDgc/AAUQ
Match ID: UYmxACAAGAAA
(http://www.fibsboard.com/fibsboard-forum-match-8/game-4-move-2-herd-4-3/?action=dlattach;attach=5734;image)
Match ID: UYmxACAAGAAA
(http://www.fibsboard.com/fibsboard-forum-match-8/game-4-move-2-herd-4-3/?action=dlattach;attach=5734;image)
Title: Re: Game 4, move 2: Herd 4-3
Post by: ah_clem on February 08, 2011, 02:25:49 PM
Post by: ah_clem on February 08, 2011, 02:25:49 PM
Spoiler
Making the anchor loses fewer gammons, and that's definitely a factor at this score. The thing is, it seems passive and it may be too early to adopt a defensive posture.
I think hitting gives us more chance to win and since a single point win is enough to ice it, I'm inclined to hit here. If we hit now, we knock him off-balance since he has to use half his roll to enter and we'll then have a good chance to anchor next roll. If we don't hit now, we probably won't have a chance next roll - he'll escape his blot on the 9 and we'll have a hard time containing the runner so we're looking at playing defense with a big pip deficit.
The other thing I like about the hit is that it unstacks the 13 and develops some point-making threats.
bar/22 13/9* for me.
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