with the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, I realized that 12.h11 wasn't my best move. |12.L13 looked pretty good, I thought, but the bot showed me it wasn't
but, here's the surprise -- in this position, the bot suggested K19 (or L21 or I15)
I'm a player of only middling ability, but I immediately saw H17, which the bot pretty much concedes wins the game, though there is still some play left for white
On 2023-04-02 at 21:41, Peyrol said:
This is what bots do. Why take a simple win when a complicated one works just as well?
The bot suggests |7.s148.p129.r1210.q1011.s1012.r6 which in hindsight seems like a much better continuation for white. White is on the highlighted diagonal to the corner. Black has to jump ahead in order to block. When that happens, white can place a downstream peg on the left side, to serve as a negative ladder catcher. For example 13.i1114.p715.g1616.g20 and I don't know who has the advantage.
the bot suggested |12.L12, followed by 13.L13 14.K10 15.G11 16.K14 17.I16
but, here's the surprise -- in this position, the bot suggested K19 (or L21 or I15)
I'm a player of only middling ability, but I immediately saw H17, which the bot pretty much concedes wins the game, though there is still some play left for white
The bot suggests |7.s14 8.p12 9.r12 10.q10 11.s10 12.r6 which in hindsight seems like a much better continuation for white. White is on the highlighted diagonal to the corner. Black has to jump ahead in order to block. When that happens, white can place a downstream peg on the left side, to serve as a negative ladder catcher. For example 13.i11 14.p7 15.g16 16.g20 and I don't know who has the advantage.