Czuch Chuckers: Actually someone once told me that is was a very good strategy to "control" your own 5 space (in your home area) - and what Pedro posted, it sounds like gnubg agrees.

Myself, I would not do that. What I would do is spilt up the double and control 2 areas - for example in your games Czuch, instead of your move, i would have moved 2 pieces from 12-16, then moves 2 other pieces from 19 to 23.