{"id":495,"date":"2022-10-18T07:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/?page_id=495"},"modified":"2022-10-18T07:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:17:21","slug":"why-is-this-the-best-move","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/index.php\/why-is-this-the-best-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is this the best move?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Have a look at this simple position:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/position1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" width=\"653\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/position1.jpg 870w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/position1-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/position1-768x662.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><figcaption>Without much thinking, I played 24\/23, 13\/11 here. This adds another builder, splits my back men, looks like the straightforward choice.<br><br>However, XG recommends 24\/21 as the best move. Mine is fine, too (-0.05 worse). But still, why should I not put a builder on 11?<br><br>The answer is that the builder doesn&#8217;t help much &#8211; I already have the 5 point, 11 is too far away from the four point, and as my 8 point is stripped and my opponent has a stone on 2, building the 7 point in the next move with e.g. 11\/7, 8\/7 is not a great option. Also I underestimated that black has some really great rolls like 55 or 44. XG (on Roller++) also says that 13\/10 would be slightly better than my move, because then the builder on 10 actually has something to build &#8211; the 4 point.<br><br>Similarly, black has made the 18 point, threatens to make the 20 point, so helping one checker to escape is reasonable, and a checker on 23 can&#8217;t jump past the 3-prime like a checker on 21 can. 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