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Game number: Main Page
White: TwixtBot    Black: mtbikesman
twixt.ch.54.1.1 (LG) | This game (LG) | Download JTwixt file
On 2019-10-20 at 19:40, SamDakota (info) said:
I wonder what TwixtBot would have done with a peg in the lower left quad to support g11 or a future p19 peg...

30.g21?

On 2019-10-22 at 22:11, twixter (info) said:
Interesting. Maybe |30.g21 31.e20, for example 32.f17 33.l13 34.p19 35.n18 36.n20 37.l19 38.l21 39.j20 40.i22 41.f18 or 32.f18 33.i18 34.h19 35.k19, or 34.j20 35.g19 36.g16 37.l13 38.p19 39.n18 40.n20 41.l19 42.l21 43.k19

On 2019-10-23 at 00:23, SamDakota (info) said:
30.g21 31.e20 32.d20?

On 2019-10-23 at 07:03, twixter (info) said:
|30.g21 31.e20 32.d20 33.f18 34.e22 35.j20 36.h19 37.l13 looks good.

On 2019-10-23 at 20:55, Alan Hensel (info) said:
|30.i20?

On 2019-10-24 at 12:21, SamDakota (info) said:
30.i20 31.f18?

On 2019-10-24 at 20:04, Alan Hensel (info) said:
|30.i20 31.f18 32.e18?

On 2019-10-24 at 20:22, SamDakota (info) said:
30.i20 31.f18 32.e18 33.d17?

On 2019-10-24 at 21:39, Alan Hensel (info) said:
|30.i20 31.f18 32.e18 33.d17 34.c17?

On 2019-10-25 at 00:48, SamDakota (info) said:
30.i20 31.f18 32.e18 33.d17 34.c17 35.h17... Prevents 36.e16 forces 36.g19.

37.l19 I believe the bridge starting at d5 can now get to l19 from 2 directions.

38.j18 39.l13 or 38.i12 39.j18?

On 2019-10-26 at 12:59, Alan Hensel (info) said:
Well, dang. That i19 peg is devastating. Now nothing seems to work.

However, it was a good idea to put a peg in the lower left somewhere. It looks like that could have been done as early as move 18. Earlier is usually better.

On 2019-10-26 at 21:35, SamDakota (info) said:
So 18.i20 19.f9 threatens 20.p19 unless white does something in the same quadrant to support both p17 and e7.

18.i20 19.f18 Black cannot just follow the thread from f9 or face the same result....20.h18? From here p17 can be cut off unless white can make one move to secure f18 and p17 at the same time...

On 2019-10-27 at 12:23, twixter (info) said:
Maybe |18.i20 19.m14 for example 20.p19 21.p21

On 2019-10-27 at 13:01, twixter (info) said:
Sorry that's wrong. |18.i20 19.m14 20.p19 21.p21 22.n14 23.r16 24.m12 25.s9 26.r5 27.q7 28.s7 29.o11 30.f9 31.p9 32.o6 and black wins.

On 2019-10-27 at 14:21, SamDakota (info) said:
18.i20 19.m14 20.p19 21.p21 22.n14 23.r16 24.m12 25.s9 26.r5 27.q7 28.s7 29.o11 30.f9 31.p9 32.o6

What happened to White moving down the left with the same threat?
33.g7 34.g5 35.d5 36.f7 37.d9 38.h8 39.e11 40.g11 41.f13 42.i12 43.f18 44.f16 45.g16 46.h15 47.j13?

How does black stop both p17 and f18?
48.k11 49.i15 or 48.g17 49.k11?

On 2019-10-28 at 08:45, twixter (info) said:
|18.i20 19.m14 20.p19 21.p21 22.n14 23.r16 24.m12 25.s9 26.r5 27.q7 28.s7 29.o11 30.f9 31.p9 32.o6 33.g7 34.g5 35.d5 36.f7 37.d9 38.h8 39.e11 40.g11 41.f13 42.i12 43.f18 44.f16 45.g16 46.h15 47.j13 48.o21 49.q19 50.k13 51.i15 52.e20 53.h19 54.g21 55.j20 56.k21 57.l21 58.m22 59.n18 60.l19 61.m19 looks like you are right! Thanks for validating my idea.

On 2019-10-28 at 17:05, SamDakota (info) said:
Alan and I were both wondering if a peg by black earlier in this whole sequence--say 18.i20 --Could help Black. So far the ideas have not been promising. 19.m14 20.p19 under the previous scenario won for white--again. Suppose we did something other than 20.p19 for Black? 20.p21 Perhaps? This might allow fall back by the black peg at i20

On 2019-11-02 at 12:15, twixter (info) said:
|18.i20 19.m14 20.p21 21.p19 22.f9 Is that the direction of play you are talking about? Maybe black could try 22.n14

On 2019-11-25 at 12:51, SamDakota (info) said:
If I were white I would do this version 18.i20 19.m14 20.p21 21.n20 22.n14

to avoid 18.i20 19.m14 20.p21 21.p19 22.n14 23.n12 24.q17 25.o15 26.n20

On 2019-12-13 at 18:09, twixter (info) said:
OK so how about
|18.i20 19.m14 20.p21 21.n20 22.j4 23.f5 24.m22 25.k21 26.m18 27.p19 28.q19 29.l19 30.n16 31.r18 32.o14 33.r14 34.p12 35.q11 36.q10 37.r9 38.r6

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