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From: alan d frank <alf@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 18:01:50 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Consensus Game #1, Turn #8
Message-id: <Pine.SGI.3.95.980302174022.9860C-100000@world.std.com>

I vote for 2N EX. If the opponent has a play for 15B, I don't like our chances even if we block it. We need to do what's best for us and cross our fingers. There is a 37% chance that we'll get one of the draws that will put us back in the game (AP AS AV DL DO EN ES GS IP LM NS PS QS SS) either by a bingo, an EX extension play, or SQUAT. (There are four bingos that play from M1-9, but none of them use the letters remaining in the bag. There are five bingos from 1A-I, of which OVERVALUE is the one we're most likely to pick up. There are no words that play from 5A-K, but ARTICULATED/S come closest. Finally, possible high-scoring plays at C2-7 are NORMED, SOMBER, SORBED, TOMBED, and TOSSUP, with TOMBED [50] being the highest-scoring.)

On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, John J. Chew III wrote:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ----------------------------- Player Tiles Score Time 1|= V ' U K O R E|1 2| I " N F E - |2 cgp AELRTUX 237 --- 3| G - C U l L I O N S |3 opp ------- 294 --- 4|M O - I N T '|4 5|A R C T E - |5 Waiting for cgp to play. 6|N " H " R " |6 The bag contains 23 tiles. 7|t ' A B O G Y ' |7 The clock is running. 8|E H Y O I D ' =|8 9|A ' O F T ' ' |9 Time penalties are not in effect. 10|U P T " " " |10 This game does not count for ratings. 11| L W E N D - |11 12|J A D E S ' - '|12 Unseen tiles: AAA B D EEEEE G IIIII 13| Z - ' ' - |13 L M N OO P Q RR SS T V W 14| A " " - |14 15|= ' = ' =|15 Votes are due midnight EST, 1998-03-06.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o cgp opp DEFHIOY 8d HYOID +32 32 ------- 7g BOG +21 21 DEFLOST 9e OFT +23 55 ------- e5 CHAYOTE +60 81 ADEJLNS 12a JADES +58 113 ------- b10 PLAZA +44 125 DLNNSW? 11d WEND +13 126 ------- j2 FINERY +32 157 CLNOSU? 3f CUlLIONS +72 198 ------- a4 MANtEAU +87 244 AINRTTU h1 UNLIT +15 213 ------- l1 KENT +26 270 AELORRT 1l KORE +24 237 ------- b1 VIGOR +24 294 Instructions: E-mail your vote for cgp's next move to the list if it comes with interesting commentary, or privately to me otherwise. If you ignore this request and include commentary to me, I may consider it for publication at the CGP archive. If you do not want me to do so, please say so in your message. I will send an acknowledgement message to all votes that I record, whether private or public. If you do not receive an acknowledgement message, please resend your vote. In any vote, don't forget to include your current rating, and a clear expression of your vote. That is, say "I vote for X and my rating is Y" somewhere in your message rather than "I think X looks like the best play, especially after reading about it all week". Double-check your play - did you specify the starting square, direction and blank (if any) correctly? If you send me a vote for an illegal play, I will consider it a spoiled ballot, and notify you accordingly; if you mistakenly vote for the wrong play, you may not find out until the end of the week. John Chew (poslfit on MD/WD/PD) poslfit@gmail.com * http://www.poslarchive.com/math
25 voters participated. 4622 1L KORE 2034 David Boys (David) <bennettd@ERE.UMontreal.CA> 2019 Joel Sherman (Joel) <icenine@panix.com> 1971 Jere Mead (shmuxti) <mead@mdc.net> 1859 Michael Baker <mikebob@pacifier.com> 1855 Alan Frank <alf@world.std.com> 1852 Stu Goldman (Stu) <stu@netcom.com> 1840 Richard Silberg <Drgerbils@aol.com> 1832 Mike Wise <mikewise@interlog.com> 1710 Jim Bodenstedt <jboden@hal-pc.org> 1689 Tracy Cobbs (MadMax) <TCobbs@aol.com> 1637 Lawren Freebody <vividsky@MCIONE.com> 1590 Robin Lewis (relewis) <relewis@flash.net> 1561 Pam Grazette (Pam) <PamGee811@aol.com> 1519 Aaron Long <mcl1@email.psu.edu> 1460 Lee Cooper (coop) <lcooper@capecod.net> 1382 Ken Smith (mauiboy) <kensmith@maui.net> 1778 1L KART 2039 Joe Edley (Deeejloy) <Deeejloy@AOL.COM> 1942 Rich Baker (Rich) <rgb5@cornell.edu> 1885 Mike Baron <MBaron1949@aol.com> 1836 Zev Kaufman (Wolf) <zev@interlog.com> 1530 Dane Barnhardt [per Ken Smith <kensmith@maui.net>] 1256 Clay Colwell (StealthSmurf) <eris@bga.com> 361 1L KOLA 1973 Randy Hersom (RandyH) <randyhersom@hc1.hci.net> 361 B4 ORA 1927 Bob Lipton (BLipton) <blipton@sunet.net> 289 5E CLATTER 1722 Zev Kesselman (Zev) <zev@hadassah.org.il>