2009 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4
by Stick
17 July 2009
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GammonVillage correspondent Stick reports from Day 4 at the 2009 World Championships of Backgammon, being held at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo, Monaco from July 13 to July 19.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Another day in the life yet more of the same. Day 4 brought more disappointment as I lost my consolation match swiftly and turned around later and lost a rough doubles match. The good news for you, the reader, trying to keep up with the ongoings in Monte Carlo is that I lose so quickly I have time to write for GammonVillage. I couldn't imagine winning and having time to keep up with what's going on nevertheless write a daily summary. GammonVillage must have known they chose the right fish for the job figuring "nobody will have more free time than Stick, not even sure why he's even attending!?"
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Subject: Re: 2009 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4
From:
johnoh
Date:
17 Jul 2009 16:41 EST
Take in the top position. Owning the cube won't help them much but the gammon threat isn't that great, so I'd take. In the 2nd position, I guess the pedestrian 13/8 would be my choice.
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Subject: Re: 2009 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4
From:
acepoint
Date:
18 Jul 2009 01:54 EST
"I couldn't imagine winning and having time to keep up with what's going on, nevertheless write a daily summary."
I know what you are talking about ;-). It's almost a 20h job.
Ciao
Achim
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Subject: Re: 2009 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4
From:
ROQREGA
Date:
18 Jul 2009 11:01 EST
In Stick's double's match: I like 8/6 13/10... given match score you aren't turning the cube too fast but could benefit from an undoubled gammon so why not set up a loose hit on the one point while the opponent is outboarded and has a blot in his home board?
i didn't type it into a bot... that is just my instinct.
cheers and keep up the good work stick!
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Subject: Re: 2009 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4
From:
Coolrey
Date:
18 Jul 2009 14:03 EST
Well you ought to finish the question and give the readers the rule you broke... otherwise the article is really disjointed.
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