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#player1 Tarus Tarus
#player2 Mutinda Mutinda
>Tarus: ?ADIILR H4 DeLIRIA +68 68
#note Shall we start with a bingo?
Yes!
>Mutinda: BDEHOTU G7 HUB +33 33
#note Takes some time, finds the best move and progresses.
>Tarus: EGINOTV F1 VETOING +72 140
#note Tarus quickly spots VETOING on his rack, will he find DEVOTING?
Still a bingo!
Undercounted as 70
>Mutinda: DEEIOST 1D DE.OTE +36 69
#note This is why I am not a good defender, DEVOTING would have easily given Philip so many options (EGOTISED). Looking back, VETOING was the best move for Tarus with a slight lead.
Now Philip should just play DOVIE, remain with EST and hope to bingo next.
DEVOTE is second best
Is this a subtle way to tel opponent you should have played DEVOTING?
>Tarus: ABERRSU I9 BAUR +21 161
#note Will Tarus find this to make it three bingoes in a row?
This could easily confirm the game.
Nope, BRU I9 for 21 is more favoured.
2I SARBEUR 74
>Mutinda: AEEEISU -AEEIU +0 69
#note Let us dispose vowels, at least vowels.
EAU and DEVOTEE or U(R)AEI top choices here.
But Philip opts to exchange retaining ES
>Tarus: EKLNORS 13I SNORKEL +92 253
#note Philip challenges both, but he must have meant to challenge the hooked word and make opponent doubt the bingo if so.
He loses the challenge.
>Mutinda: AAELOST 12K TAO +18 87
#note Tough times, Philip has to take some time to find a decent move.
The A has to be played.
Philip finds the best move
>Tarus: EEINNTW 2H ENTWINE +78 331
#note Hi, my name is Tarus and I came here to bingo!
>Mutinda: AEFILRS 1L LIFE +34 121
#note If you find O12 F(L)IR 33, you are a good student of the game, that's the most you could get.
But if you found O12 S(E)RAFILE 63, you are an outstanding student because that is the most that could be gotten.
Anagram: FILAREES.
PHilip plays third best LIFE, life must be difficult for him right now.
>Tarus: AAADEIL 14K DEAL +28 359
#note Tarus with a massive lead early on, he must be thinking of how to suffocate his opponent.
Not so good, will this be the DEAL-breaker?
>Mutinda: AMNORST 15E MATRONS +82 203
#note Philip was about to forget what a bingo looks like!
If the boad remained dormant with no new openigs, then he would be forced to play 4H (D)ORMANTS 74.
>Tarus: ?AAIOSX E4 OX +38 397
#note OX, best move, scores 38, remains with the final blank, is this coming home for Tarus?
>Mutinda: GJMUYYZ 3M GYM +35 238
#note Difficult rack, every move qualifies to be among the top because there are only a few moves playable, but Philip goes for the absolute best. Will he be rewarder heavily?
>Tarus: ?AAINOS O3 .ANIAtOS +80 477
>Tarus: ?AAINOS -- -80 397
#note Tarus is almost getting a zero, will he find the right word?
MAHONIAS
MANIOCAS
ORINASAL
LOGANIAS
But Tarus prefers inventing words
>Mutinda: EIJPUYZ 14F JEU +55 293
#note Philip misses YEZ for 70, is he defending against his opponent with an O or did he actually miss it?
We will interview him after the game
He confirms so, he knows the opponent. Opponent could play PAISANO
>Tarus: ?AAINOS O3 .ANIAS +27 424
>Tarus: ?CEGIOW (challenge) +5 429
#note It is Tarus' turn again.
Shall he introduce us to another phony? Happens a lot when you have one blank on the rack and another in the head.
This time he plays it safe with a simple move forgoing the bingoes
Philip challenges MANIAS, prolly the only challenge he can pose to Tarus this late in the game, literally.
>Mutinda: FIPSVYZ J6 ZIPS +43 336
>Tarus: ?CEGIOW K5 WO +21 450
#note D
>Mutinda: AEFIRVY L4 YEAR +31 367
#note Philip checks the bag, will he check the board to find 3C RIF(T)Y 43?
Hits rock bottom with least favoured move, is it not to offer new options for opponent?
>Tarus: ?CDEGIR 2C CID. +13 463
#note A player of Tarus' calibre will not mess with a 90+ lead this late while holding the blank, what will he do?
A more conservative move such as 4D G(OO) would have been preferred.
>Mutinda: AFHIQUV N7 FIQH +34 401
#note Removes a chunk of the heavies and scores
>Tarus: ?CEGORT 12D GROCE. +20 483
>Tarus: ?T (challenge) +5 488
#note C2 (C)ORrECT 26 is the best move but this is still CORRECT.
Again, the only challenge Phil can pose is by challenging a word!
>Mutinda: AEPUV E8 PAVE. +20 421
#note ...
>Tarus: ?T 11N sT +20 508
#note Best ending!
>Tarus: (U) +2 510
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