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The making of a house usually demands the sacrifice of a number of gems in a strategy revolving around tempo moves, that is: moves within the player's own pits. For this reason, houses are always build in the rightmost pit. If, say, pit D (d) were employed, the player would soon run into problems because pit E (e) is useless for tempo play. A basic thing about tempo play is illustrated below. The question is: how many moves can south make within his own pits. The answer is: 14 if he keeps selecting the rightmost of the pits A to D as shown. If he were to start with pit A however, this would simultaneously mark the end of his tempo moves!
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