Will's Play of the Week #3 - Take The BAIT
Added 2025-09-17 15:18:44 +0000 UTCHey folks! Another WPOTW coming at you today on quite the closed board. This is a position where coming up with the candidate moves might be not quite as a difficult as usual for this series, but coming up with all the nuances behind each candidate choice is a bit more challenging. These sorts of positions used to be nightmares for me, but now I really enjoy them even though I wouldn't say I'm the best at navigating them. Enjoy!
Comments
Didn't pick up on this extra cool nuance - very nice!
Will Anderson
2025-09-26 21:40:32 +0000 UTCYes, but given that I already hold RE, leaving it open to try and hit it myself might slightly favor me.
Will Anderson
2025-09-26 21:39:43 +0000 UTCNice idea! I would worry that perhaps ANGEL scoring only 8 points could be a problem, maybe allowing Joe to block MANGEL while remaining far ahead, but love the creativity.
Will Anderson
2025-09-26 21:38:31 +0000 UTCWhat about try to draw one N and keep MA to set up ANGEL -> MANGEL?
เปศล โกศัลลกูฏ
2025-09-20 13:56:33 +0000 UTCAnother benefit to keeping the R is that if Joe is able to make a 4 tile play hooking G(AIT), like HUNG or DING, BREAM will fit alongside it!
Nigel
2025-09-17 17:01:16 +0000 UTCIf you hadn't drawn the last E after IAMB, Joe could have played REDBAIT (30 points). Did you worry about that?
Rebecca
2025-09-17 15:34:01 +0000 UTC
