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Position 17, page 24
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 6-5. |
Bring one man from white’s 1 point all the way out to white’s 12 point. In backgammon parlance, this move is referred to as the lover’s leap. There is no good alternative. The 6-5 separates the favorable from the unfavorable rolls. It is not particularly advantageous and it forces black into an early running game.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 6-5 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0
| 6-5: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/13 |
W L |
.5295 .4705 |
.1211 .1232 |
.0060 .0037 | +0.1032 |
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| 2 | 24/18, 13/8 |
W L |
.5093 .4907 |
.1359 .1354 |
.0070 .0051 | +0.0338 | (0.0694) |
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