{"id":514,"date":"2022-11-11T10:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2022-11-11T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:49:52","slug":"to-risk-or-not-to-risk-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/index.php\/to-risk-or-not-to-risk-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To risk or not to risk, that is the question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would you move 64 in this position?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64-1024x795.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\" width=\"768\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64-1024x795.png 1024w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64-768x596.png 768w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64.png 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black to play 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You probably that this position is all about what to do with the checkers on the 14 and 16 point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15\/9 13\/9 makes the important 9 point, extending the 4-prime to a 5-prime that will make it very hard for white to escape. On the other side, it offers white a double hit, 20 of 36 rolls will hit, 11 and 31 even hit two checkers, and white&#8217;s 4 point board could bring black into a losing situation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15\/11 15\/9 doesn&#8217;t make a point, but slots the 9 point, brings one more builder for the 4 point into the game, and only risks being hit with a 6 (and only being double it with a 62).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There&#8217;s also 15\/5 and 13\/9 13\/7 but these are just flavors of 15\/11 15\/9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what would you play? Risky or not risky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t take the risk, found it too dangerous to run into the double hit, and played 15\/11 15\/9. That was a serious blunder (-0.2 points of equity). Risking the double hit is the right plan. The 5-prime is just too powerful to miss.<\/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\/11\/what_to_do_64_xg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516\" width=\"327\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64_xg.png 436w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/what_to_do_64_xg-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Analysis of Extreme Gammon 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How would you move 64 in this position? You probably that this position is all about what to do with the checkers on the 14 and 16 point: So, what would you play? Risky or not risky? 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