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White: bennok    Black: shyryan
ut.twixt.1620.1.1 (LG) | This game (LG) | Download JTwixt file
On 2025-01-16 at 20:00, Loren Schenkelberg (info) said:
20.r6?

On 2025-01-18 at 15:18, Alan Hensel (info) said:
If |20.r6 then 21.r7 ...

Twixtbot finds no good moves for move 20. Gotta back up one more:

!18.q11 19.p12 20.p8 21.n8 22.m9 looks winning for Black.

My question is: how does one see 18.q11?

On 2025-01-18 at 23:33, Loren Schenkelberg (info) said:
20.r6 21.r7 22.q8 23.s5 24.s13?

On 2025-01-19 at 17:04, Alan Hensel (info) said:
Yeah, I guess that has a chance against a human opponent. But I don't see how to beat Twixtbot in that position.

If |20.r6 21.r7 22.q8 23.s5 24.s13 then 25.t11 26.u12 (or u14) 27.q12 and that gets a little messy, but for example 28.r12 29.s11 30.p13 31.q14.

On 2025-01-19 at 20:36, Loren Schenkelberg (info) said:
Thanks Alan. I can't get the bot to work so I have to pick human brains

On 2025-01-23 at 16:01, shyryan (info) said:
In response to Alan's comment, I think looking for something like |18.q11 is natural since it's positioned well to make use of both the top and bottom of black's central wall. In retrospect, it's clearly better-looking than the played move |18.o9 since it fits in with the heuristic of "always have two ideas". What's the point of playing |16.k13 if you're not going to follow it up with something that threatens top and bottom connection?

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