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How to Play an Opening 32? For example, you have been faced with this exact situation hundreds of times: What is the most appropriate play with an opening 32?
There are 17 legal ways of playing an opening 32, and about half of them have most likely been attempted, by somebody, somewhere, sometime.
For an opening roll, stacking is to be avoided, if possible. This eliminates 13/8, or in particular, any play that moves a two from the 8pt to the already-tall 6pt.
Moves that use the deuce to slot the 4pt, or the three to slot the 5pt, had a brief stint of popularity in the late 70's and early 80's, but were convincingly shot down.
We are left with four serious contenders for the best opening 32. One can move:
32-down: Both midpoint checkers (13/11, 13/10).
32-split: A back checker 3, and a midpoint checker 2 (24/21, 13/11).
32-reverse-split: A back checker 2, a midpoint checker 3 (24/22, 13/10).
D. 32-up: Both back checkers (24/22, 24/21).
These four semi-finalist candidate plays are diagrammed below:
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