The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-06, Page 20Page 8—Crossroads—April 6, 1983
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Perhaps the best way to
approach this problem is
through the process of
elimination. X has only
four ways to play the 5, and
we can immediately reject
one of them, 6/1, as totally
suicidal.
Of the remaining three
ways, 13/8 is probably the
worst. In a mutual holding
game such as this, where
each side holds an ad-
vanced anchor in the oppo-
nent's home board control
of the outfield is extremely
important.
Often, the winner is the
player who eventually con-
trols the outfield so effec-
tively that he alone can
safely move his men off his
advanced anchor. Clearly
then, X should not weaken
his grip on the outfield by
breaking the 13 -point.
Playing 8/3 is plausible
but unconstructive. Moving
another man behind O's an-
chor doesn't accomplish
anything except stall for
time.
The best move with the 4
is 21/16. X threatens to
free an excess back check-
er and exert more control
over the outfield. Unless it
is hit, this checker also be-
comes available for X to
move during the next few
turns. This allows X to
temporarily maintain all
blocking points by keeping
his other checkers where
they are.
X has no fear of being hit
because 0 would have to
break the 15 -point to do so.
This is O's most effective
blocking point at the
moment, and X would love
to see it disappear. In ef-
fect, X tempts 0 to make
the foolish mistake of hit-
ting the X blot.
In general, it is often
correct to move a blot in
front of a key enemy block-
ing point as long as the
point is "stripped" "PPe (without
any extra men). This is be-
cause the opponent cannot
both hit and keep the point.
To complete his turn, X
should play the 1 as 4/3.
Since this man is already
somewhat out of play, ad-
vancing it does no harm
and allows X to safely
maintain all existing
points.
Points are numbered 1
to 24, starting with X's
home board at the lower
left. A move, for example,
from the 7 -point to the 3 -
point is written 7/3. 7/3*
means that a man was hit
on the 3 -Point. 7/3(2)
means that two men were
moved to the 3 -point.
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