• Money Game

+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| ' ' '2X2O2X '2X ' '3X '|
|   |
|      |  64  |
|2O1O2X2O2O2O|   |2X2O ' '2O2X|
+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+

Pip counts: White: 175, Red: 112

• Red to play


            • Moves Candidates

20/10
8/2 8/4

            • 3-ply, Cubeful

• 20/10 + 0.260
    52.9%   24.4%  0.9%    47.1%       9.2%   0.2%
• 8/2 8/4 + 0.171 ( -0.089)
    50.6%   23.4%  0.7%    49.4%       9.5%   0.1%



8/2 8/4 makes Red's position quite disjointed.  Red is far ahead in the race. There is almost certainly not going to be a better time to break the back anchor and breaking the 8-point here does not really temporize at all.
In addition, after 20/10 White's 3's are duplicated.

If White were at the end of his rope, if he didn't have the spare on the 14-point to play with, for example, playing safe should be better.










 • Modified Position  (Money Game)

+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| ' ' '2X2O3X '2X ' '2X '|
|   |
|      |  64  |
|2O1O2X2O2O2O|   |2X2O ' '2O2X|
+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+

Pip counts: White: 170, Red: 112


            • 3-ply, Cubeful

• 8/2 8/4 + 0.292
    54.1%   24.5%  0.7%    45.9%       9.0%   0.1%
• 20/10 + 0.243 ( -0.049)
    53.1%   23.1%  0.9%    46.9%     10.1%   0.2%




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