Game 4, move 5 : Herd 5-3

[diane]

move?

[Julia_H]

Spoiler

We're committed to racing now... so the only thing that really matters is to leave no voluntary shots. 13/10 might look clever because of the duped 5s, but if we're hit we're very probably cubed out even with a hanging blot on the White 8-point.

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[KDP]

Spoiler

13-8 6-3 is my move.  the 5 is almost forced as you want to bring another checker safely off the mid point.  the 3, i unstack the six, although you could do something like moving off the 4 to the 1 but that looks a little too cute for me at this point. and im certainly not going to leave a shot in this position.

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[ah_clem]

Spoiler

Don't volunteer a shot in a holding game.

13/8, 6/3

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