fb match 3 game 1 moves 1 & 2

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Forum (white) to move 65? a'clockwise

[stog]

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ok i know the leap is usual but i hate it - rarely win with it and ive decided from now on i'm playing it like this 24/18 13/8 from now on..... 

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[diane]

Thanks for running the next one stog 

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It is the leap for me 

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[stog]

u not on that plane yet?  
and thx schig for entering the arena of peers and pervs sry the alliteration was too easy
wishing all a good match with spot on rolls for all!

[roadkillbooks]

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I think this is a next.  Imean one person has voted the the cute 24/18, 13/8 but I would only play a move like that against someone who is clearly a weak player and cant handle complex situations at all.  It is true that most can handle both races and holding games but 24/13 is easily the best move here at 0-0

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[dorbel]

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You can make a case for 24/18, 13/8 at gammongo, but running is easily best otherwise.

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[stog]

ok thx
next
schig to move 41
(ps what is gammongo? and what about 13/7 13/8 as a variation where at least when not hit one has a chance of making one's 6 point?)

[diane]

u not on that plane yet?  

It takes off at 10 tonight, but the laptop will be on my lap at all airports and when I land, so you will be getting up to the minute reports of my whereabouts, as well as game contributions 

[Schigolch]

Hello everybody,
gm and enjoy!
I just see I'm called the current top player, I'd rather be called the current intermediate player. Well, among my recent matches I had a few where I was rated "advanced".
My move is 24/23 13/9, since I don't see an advantage in attempting to make my 5p at this moment.

[stog]

thx schig you are indeed a top player! and brave to enter the den-- can you be the first to beat the combined might of the forum?

ok do we want an early cube here?

[dorbel]

GammonGo is, strictly speaking, when you find yourself playing the Crawford game needing 2 (or any multiple) points to win. Your opponent is in GammonSave mode. The term has widened now to include some othe non-Crawford scores, notably 4-away, 2-away. In more normal times, 24/18, 13/8 is a small error, known to be wrong but not disastrously so. 13/7, 13/8 is disastrously wrong, a blunder. I have never seen it played. Note that being hit after 24/18 only costs you 7 pips, being hit on your own bar costs you 18 pips, more than two average rolls! 24/13 is a strong play because it escapes a checker in safety. As you have rolled the largest possible roll in the starting position it makes sense to use it to enter a running game if you can.