Poll
Question:
Option 1: 10-7, 7-4(3)
Option 2: 10-1*, 8-5
Option 3: 10-4, 8-5(2)
Option 4: 8-5(2), 7-4(2)
Option 5: 10-4, 4-1*(2)
Option 6: 10-4(2), 4-1*
Option 7: 8-5, 7-4, 4-1*(2)
Option 8: 10-7, 4-1*(3)
Option 9: 7-4(2), 4-1*(2)
Option 10: 8-5(2), 6-3, 6-3(2)
Option 11: 10-4, 6-3(2)
Option 12: 10-7, 8-5(2), 4-1*
Now the Herd gets 33 to play. Given the compactness of our position, surprisingly (to me at any rate) there are no less than 30 possible candidates, of which I am posting a dozen. Want more? Just ask.
5-pt match, juanz 0-4 Herd, Crawford
Pipcount: juanz (red) 103, Herd (black) 85
Steve
Spoiler
Now we hit.
I see two ways to do it. One is to play 10/1* 4/1, the other is to clear the 7 point now with 7/1*(2). My hunch is that they are rather close.
If we clear the seven, the ensuing blot can't be hit, but I don't like the gap. So I'll go with the more prosaic move.
10/1* 4/1