Fibsboard Forum Match 17 Game 1 Move 33 Herd to play

[stog]

ok...

elmicho says: Hi stog
You tell elmicho: hiya
You tell elmicho: wld u like to complete the game
elmicho says: wandered if we should speed up the game
You tell elmicho: here
elmicho says: yessir
elmicho says: or elsewhere
You tell elmicho: ok
elmicho says: I'm not choosy
GammonBot_XI says: You will pay a penalty of 15 or more rating points if you let this match expire unfinished.
elmicho says: looks like I get whooped  )
You tell elmicho: can u see the position on fibsboard?
You tell elmicho: and i'll run the moves on gnu
You tell elmicho: maybe not
elmicho says: ok, hit it
You tell elmicho:
You tell elmicho: 32 for u
elmicho says: herd shoul d move first - ahhh, I moved 23/18
elmicho says: trying my best to save an undeserved gammon
You tell elmicho: ok herd 6 2
You tell elmicho: 6 off
elmicho says: off 372 i guess
elmicho says: 3/2
You tell elmicho: then 3/1
elmicho says: pity  ;o)
You tell elmicho:
You tell elmicho: ok u 5 1
elmicho says: I think it's the wrong move stog, 4/2* wins far more gammons
elmicho says: 18/12
You tell elmicho: i'll tell the herd that!!
elmicho says: they will appreciate it
elmicho says: bear with me, it's my only pleasure at this state
You tell elmicho: np
You tell elmicho: i;m writing this down too!
You tell elmicho: herd 21
You tell elmicho: thinking
elmicho says: sure
You tell elmicho: take or not?
elmicho says: you rolle 21 - right? - so no recube
elmicho says: but I'll drop it as a hot brick
You tell elmicho: yes i'm wondering whether i should have asked the herd there?
elmicho says: tooooooooooooooooo good
You tell elmicho: and this move
You tell elmicho: i personally go for 4/1 leaving u there
elmicho says: 4/3, 3/1?
You tell elmicho: but taking you off -- leaves us fairly good too and
elmicho says: I know what I would do
You tell elmicho: i'm wondering whether it might be interesting to post this move
You tell elmicho: it might be interesting to see opinions
You tell elmicho: would u be ok with us posting this?
elmicho says: sure, post - and we get back
You tell elmicho: as this whole match is a learning thing
You tell elmicho: excellent cheers
elmicho says: right
elmicho says: see ya
You tell elmicho: cu on the forum
You tell elmicho: thx again

so we have a choice.....(and yes elmicho does hold the cube at 4)and we made just 2 moves since last posting)