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Split or Slot: The Opening's Oldest Argument

Archive Analysis · 22:44

Fifty years of debate over 4-3 and 2-1 — what the bots settled and what they didn't.

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What you'll take away

  • Match score flips several opening replies
  • Slotting wins more gammons, loses more games

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