Border Trivia Question

Is there a position where White must play on one of the border rows - 1 or 24 - to guarantee a win (excepting the final two plays, of course) ?

If so, are these positions always of the sort that White plays on row 1 making a link with a peg on row 3? Or is there a position where White must play on row 1 to guarantee a win AND that play does not make any new links?

It's probably a minor but easy improvement to the bot algorithm if I can ignore those rows until the end.

a can imagine such a position, yes

if it creates an important fork.

Is there a Twixt question where a supposed bot must post in the General Forum - rather than the twixt forum - to guarantee an answer?

A thousand apologies for my newbish error.