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#player1 Alec Alec
#player2 Gunther Gunther
>Alec: AAADEIR -AAI +0 0
#note Quackle picks 8H AA, followed by exchanging AA. I've heard that one should never open by playing a two-letter word with two vowels; I doubt the validity of that principle. But I also doubt Quackle's evaluation. 8G AA rates significantly worse than exchanging AA (let alone 8H AA), and exchanging AA rates significantly better than exchanging AAI despite that ADER > ADEIR.
>Gunther: EIKP H6 KEPI +20 20
>Alec: ADEGRSZ 10C GRAZES +47 47
#note ADERS is 25 points better than D, making 9G ZIG best despite sacrifing 22 points. #strategymedium
>Gunther: JT E9 T.J +20 40
>Alec: ADILLRT 7B TRIALL.D +63 110
>Gunther: ?ENNTTY F1 iNTENT.Y +64 104
#note C1 TENaNTRY scores 70.
>Alec: HIMORSU 3F .HORIUMS +86 196
>Gunther: BEW 2H WEB +31 135
>Alec: AEGIOOP 4J OPA +27 223
#note C6 ARPEGGIO, wow. OPA sets up GO- plays on row 5. #visionmedium
>Gunther: ILNTU 4C LUT.IN +26 161
>Alec: EGIIOOS 5I EGO +25 248
>Gunther: IOR F10 .ORI +22 183
>Alec: ?HIIOST 14D HISTOId +77 325
>Gunther: ACDEG 15A CAGED +39 222
>Alec: AEEFMOU 15G OF +32 357
#note This should be EF. EE > EO, but AEMOU > AEEMU. #strategysmall
>Gunther: ABILQ 13I QIBLA +74 296
>Alec: ADEEMRU 5C AME.D +33 390
>Gunther: EIX L12 I.EX +38 334
>Alec: EFNORRU M9 FREN. +14 404
#note Championship Player does not consider FRENA. It does well on the sim, but 14L ENUF is the clear sim winner. FRENA blocks almost every possible bingo lane, allowing rare bingos on column N (more on that later); column A is a nonissue as all I's have been played. A play like 15K EXEC would be a problem after FRENA; I often cannot block plays at 15L-15O. 14N ENUF avoids this and also keeps well, but it fails to block rows 8, 9, and 11. Hm.
>Gunther: ACY 3B CAY +30 364
>Alec: AAOORUW L8 WOO +17 421
#note This is one of five plays that win 100% because they block N5 VENDEES--a word I had forgotten about. Quackle likes L8 WO because it doesn't empty the bag. This is the pre-endgame, though, and I don't trust Quackle here. I like 10J WAUR, unloading a U with one unseen. #strategymedium
>Gunther: DEEENSV 8A NEED +30 394
#note Gunther had VENDEES! He told me postmortem that I blocked it. Gunther should play N13 SEV first to guarantee another out; NEED also plays at 6K. (-3)
>Alec: AANRUUV 15L .U +9 430
>Gunther: ESV 12F .EV +10 404
#note 13I QIBLAS first, because B11 VARNA allows 12 points for EV with 12B AVE, and if I find 6K NAVAR I allow 18 points with O6 REV. (-4)
>Alec: AANRUV B11 VARN. +16 446
#note I missed both NAVAR and the spot making (UPO)N. #endgamesmall (-2)
>Gunther: S 13I .....S +17 421
>Gunther: (AU) +4 425
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