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#player1 Siddharth_Murali Siddharth Murali
#player2 Mike Mike
>Siddharth_Murali: IIIUU -IIIUU +0 0
>Mike: AEHIOTU 8D HAUTE +24 24
>Siddharth_Murali: ?AEEINS 9E ANISEEd +67 67
>Mike: EGINORT 8K INGOT +22 46
#note Quackle wants to fish aggressively with OH D7. Having never played Sid, I wasn't aware of how defensively he liked to play; had I known, I might have agreed with Quackle.
>Siddharth_Murali: AMU 7M AMU +16 83
#note (Misscored as 18.)
>Mike: EEGIQRR -EGIQR +0 46
#note Too hasty on the exchange trigger here; RIGIDER K5, setting up the Q for next turn, is fine.
>Siddharth_Murali: ABNRSSV 6I BRANS +13 96
#note S: I liked proactively closing the board early, especially in this favorable of a position where I can play the cat-and-mouse game. I saw VANS but thought nines at h1 were too likely of a threat. Thought it was unlikelier that Mike had a seven above BRANS.
M: (Misscored as 14.)
>Mike: EEILRYY J9 .YRIE +16 62
#note Plays centering on 7I (YER) or 5J (EYE) sim best, though now that I see just how defensive Sid wants to play, I'm not sure I like those ideas.
>Siddharth_Murali: AENRSTV 13G VET.RANS +82 178
>Mike: AEFLLVY H12 L.VY +33 95
>Siddharth_Murali: AEHIIKW 12L HAIK +46 224
>Mike: AADDEFL J2 FADE. +17 112
#note Quackle seems to think that READD 11J (which I didn't see) is simply too many points. But how exactly am I coming back from that position? At some point, I just need to assume Sid's rack is bad and try to wedge open the board.
>Siddharth_Murali: CEINOUW 4J .OWIE +18 242
#note defense
>Mike: AADILOR 5I A.RO +24 136
#note All of the options here are about 1.5% to win, so...yeah.
>Siddharth_Murali: BCFNOQU 15C BOUNC. +14 256
#note S: Why not?
M: (Misscored as 15.)
>Mike: ADDIJLO D12 DOJ. +24 160
#note Hoping to use this to make a play on column C and wedge open that side of the board.
>Siddharth_Murali: FLLMQTT 3I Q.T +26 282
>Mike: ADGILRX C10 AXIL +29 189
#note As planned. I don't care what the sim says. If he has the Z I'm dead anyway.
>Siddharth_Murali: DFILLMT 10B F.LL +18 300
>Mike: ?DEGNRW N2 DR.W +16 205
#note Out of ideas at this point, though I should at least see DREW 11I. The only usable line at this point is line G, and this at least gives me a chance to hit it.
>Siddharth_Murali: DIMORTU 14L DIM +32 332
>Mike: ?EEGINO 7C OE +8 213
#note I don't trust Quackle here. Nothing's likely to work, but this is what I'm going with.
>Siddharth_Murali: EEORTTU B7 TUR. +10 342
>Mike: ?EGIINZ C3 GINZ. +30 243
#note At this point I've basically given up. But for once, it's my opponent making the endgame fail:
>Siddharth_Murali: EEOOPST O1 TOE +14 356
#note S: I counted 4A to 4H as 6 open spaces. I got lucky this game, but I had the golden chance to hold Mike to 250 if not for this moronic play! One of my better played 2019 Nationals games overall, but there is plenty of room for improvement.
M: (He miscounted and didn't think my bingo fit. POSE D2, which he said was his plan for the next play anyway, needed to be played first.)
>Mike: ?CEEGIP 4A EP.GEnIC +82 325
#note (Final score recorded as 360-337.)
>Mike: (EOPS) +12 337 |
