Position 69, page 124
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker

White to play 5-4.

For the purpose of getting into your inner board, the W8 and W11 points are in effect the same as the W2 and W5 points for the purpose of bearing off. Thus the rules for placement of men in the outer board are the same as for the inner board.

15/11, 13/8  *
Not: 15/10, 13/9 x
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Black owns 2-cube
White rolls 5-4

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XGID=-BBBABD-----bA-A--bcbacb--:1:-1:1:54:0:0:0:0

5-4: Game BG   Equity
1 15/10, 13/9 W
L
.7664
.2336
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
+0.4593 x  Not
2 15/11, 13/8 W
L
.7649
.2351
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
+0.4562 (0.0031)  *

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