TLW66 - Nomads Results

AP 13: ORTTUJOUR407•30lla 33TA415h4d6 points and out - win by 2!30 points behind but Gary now has theawkward CNNR. JOUR Is by far thehighest score and leaves two places toplay out: TIT (L9a/3) and TATT(Jlla/4)!GP14:CNRRRIN407-319aThree points behind and unfortunatelyno way of blocking both TIT and TATT.The highest scoring plays GREN(K12a/8), COY (H13d/8) and CANT(Jl la/6) all lose. I don't see any wayof winning unless you gamble thatAndrew doesn't know TATT - Icertainly didn't know It! So assumingAndrew doesn't know TATT what arethe moves which block TIT?SummaryA great game with a very complexfinish, just as befits the deciding gameof the tournament. You often getgames where there are lots of obviousmoves that leap out at you. Thiswasn't one of them; there were a lot oftricky decisions to be made by bothplayers and these eat up your time.And of course you don't know duringthe game that you're going to need tosave up your time for such aconvoluted endgame. Althoughbonuses were missed both playersperformed well under the conditionsbut it was Andrew's well-thought-outendgame play that just clinched thegame.ARC (M10a/7) loses because Andrewcan block INN (F12a) with TOY (Hl3d).ANN (M10a/5) or INN (M9a/3) winsbecause Andrew can't block both REC(J7a) and CART (JUa)RIN (M9a/3) loses because Andrewcan block CANT (Jlla) with TA (311a).AP 14: TTTA409+0jlla 2Apart from TATT this Innocent-lookingplay of TA Is the only other move thatwins.ai3i41P,J. [oJulR.1E. R.KJO A.R. E. H.z. O.|N. D.*•X. U.T. 1.E.L NV A 0 II EE. C.A. s. P, A. E. 0.it. H. A. 0. T"E.o. B. M. 0 W. RA M. 1. 0, V. e|nR ~ElR. 1. 0. F.W. a"Q. 1, E. L L. T A1 ~u. T.6"T.0e" S!B E TIO 1 |L sF.O.|Y.GP 15: CNCOY415-2hl3d8Nothing else to do but play the highestscore.AP15:T16