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Realgammon role

Posted By: Marty Storer
Date: Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:43 p.m.

In Response To: Realgammon role (Timothy Chow)

It's "phantom" only because you're not hitting two checkers at once, but the end result is like a double hit. In other words, you make a play that's like a double hit but isn't really a double hit.

The quotation from Praxis:

"Such a play, slotting in your board when your opponent has two on the bar, might be called a Phantom Double Hit. If Davis's checker on the bar were on O'Laughlin's 5 point in Position 7 [diagrammed by Leonardo to start this thread], O'Laughlin would hit twice in an instant. As it is, O'Laughlin can hit on the 1 point, putting two on the bar; after that, slotting his 5 leaves only a single shot at the blot that really matters. ... At a glance, the Phantom Double hit seems like a good try for the 5 point."

Messages In This Thread

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        Max Urban -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 9:07 a.m.
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            Marty Storer -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:36 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:38 p.m.
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          Marty Storer -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:43 p.m.
          • Ah...I understand "phantom double hit" now...thanks! *NM*
            Timothy Chow -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 8:05 p.m.
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        neilkaz -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:43 p.m.
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          Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 6:17 p.m.
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    John O'Hagan -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 6:32 p.m.
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    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 9:36 p.m.
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    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 11 May 2010, at 5:06 a.m.