{"id":716,"date":"2025-11-28T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2025-11-28T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:33:14","slug":"a-tricky-move","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/index.php\/a-tricky-move\/","title":{"rendered":"A tricky move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, after finding no backgammon apps worth reviewing for weeks it&#8217;s time to write a bit about difficult backgammon positions (or at least ones that I find difficult, YMMV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually I&#8217;ve written a little tool for DailyGammon users that analyzes your past matches and turns them into multiple choice quizzes of all your blunders. It is currently in very early testing, so I can&#8217;t share it yet, but it shows me all my blunders and the blunders of my opponents. And some of them are weird. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position-1536x917.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gammonrants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/position.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Red to move 41. What is the best move? Solution below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:769px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Red is way behind in the race, and he has a checker on the bar. I find it logical to play BAR\/24 20\/16* and to hit my opponent. He also has only a three point board and I will continue to have an anchor. All good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turns out this is a blunder. The correct move is BAR\/20, not hitting. Seems the advanced anchor is more important, particularly as red&#8217;s home board is non-existent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial analysis of Gnu BG for my app said BAR\/24 20\/16* is a serious -0.25 blunder. BGBlitz is less critical, judges it -0.053 (4-ply), but still. It&#8217;s better to play safe and not hit here, which is absolutely not my intuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, after finding no backgammon apps worth reviewing for weeks it&#8217;s time to write a bit about difficult backgammon positions (or at least ones that I find difficult, YMMV). Actually I&#8217;ve written a little tool for DailyGammon users that analyzes your past matches and turns them into multiple choice quizzes of all your blunders. 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