Rouen: BikeGammon day#2

Hopper, starting 3:0 up, never looked back. It may have been the luck or it may have been the skill, but either way he won it (notwithstanding an ill-advised, but well-negotiated 16-cube).

Hopper 3
Biddle 1
Nicolas 0

And - what would you do here? (White to play: 66 in a 17 point match, black leads, 9 - 3.)

The tournament possibilities begin to narrow. Biddle and Nicolas need to make inroads. However, there will be six points to be won on Sunday evening. And tomorrow, it's Biddle flying solo. Can the Nicolas/Hopper consulting pair triumph?

As for the evening - wine was taken, offal was eaten, songs were sung, coffee was drunk. It's France, after all.

On to Valenciennes!