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Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Monday, 26 October 2015, at 8:59 a.m.

In Response To: Variant (Nack Ballard)

By coming home in your variant, Blue guarantees that he will bear off at least two checkers on his next turn. Staying outside virtually guarantees that he won't. The inside position is not so horrible that Blue must use his ace inside to smooth things out.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Interesting non-contact checker play
  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 24 October 2015, at 9:48 p.m.
  • Interesting non-contact checker play
    hominid -- Saturday, 24 October 2015, at 11:42 p.m.
    • Interesting non-contact checker play
      Ray Kershaw -- Sunday, 25 October 2015, at 2:00 p.m.
      • Interesting non-contact checker play
        hominid -- Sunday, 25 October 2015, at 8:26 p.m.
    • Interesting non-contact checker play
      ah_clem -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 2:32 p.m.
  • Interesting non-contact checker play
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Sunday, 25 October 2015, at 9:20 a.m.
    • Interesting non-contact checker play
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 25 October 2015, at 4:08 p.m.
  • A pair of obvious variants
    Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 25 October 2015, at 9:35 p.m.
    • A pair of obvious variants – Rollouts
      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 8:55 a.m.
      • A pair of obvious variants � Rollouts
        Nack Ballard -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 2:46 p.m.
  • Rollout
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 1:09 a.m.
    • Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 3:09 a.m.
      • Variant
        Taper_Mike -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 8:59 a.m.
        • Variant
          hominid -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 10:31 a.m.
        • Variant
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 5:02 p.m.
      • Variant on my variant
        Nack Ballard -- Monday, 26 October 2015, at 5:58 p.m.