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| − | A '''switchback''' is a situation in which a [[ladder]] moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play. | + | A '''switchback''' is a situation in which a [[ladder]] moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always a ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play. |
The situation prior to a switchback generally looks like this (assume the piece on D1 is in some way connected to the top): | The situation prior to a switchback generally looks like this (assume the piece on D1 is in some way connected to the top): | ||
Revision as of 23:19, 17 May 2020
A switchback is a situation in which a ladder moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always a ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play.
The situation prior to a switchback generally looks like this (assume the piece on D1 is in some way connected to the top):
Red makes a switchback as follows:
Now the ladder continues back to the left:
Note here how red was able to connect back to the D1 piece. This is not always possible, but even if it isn't the switchback can be used to create a long line connected to the edge and four rows back from it, a distinct advantage.
A Different Situation
A different kind of switchback can occur on the third row:
If Blue yields the ladder to the second row, then Red can create a switchback as shown above which would continue back and reconnect. If the ladder stays on the third row then Red creates a switchback as follows:
Red's piece on G3 is connected to the bottom. Play continues:
