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Bring two men down from white’s 12 point, placing one of them on black’s 11 point and the other on black’s 10 point. Since black is vulnerable only to a roll of 9 or 10 by white, he is relatively secure and in an excellent position to create additional points.

There is an alternative — bringing one man from white’s 12 point to black’s 11 point and dropping one man from black’s 8 point to black’s 5 point. If black is not hit, he is in a good position to make his 5 point on his next roll. But a roll of 4 will hit and double 4’s could be a serious blow. The first play is superior.

13/11, 13/10

Alt: 13/11, 8/5

24/21, 13/11

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube Black rolls 3-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0

	3-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	24/21, 13/11	W L	.5013 .4987	.1407 .1395	.0071 .0061	+0.0074
2	13/11, 13/10	W L	.4970 .5030	.1553 .1445	.0082 .0081	+0.0026	(0.0048)
3	24/22, 13/10	W L	.4959 .5041	.1387 .1378	.0058 .0058	−0.0218	(0.0292)
4	24/22, 24/21	W L	.4930 .5070	.1241 .1395	.0060 .0049	−0.0273	(0.0347)
5	13/11, 8/5	W L	.4925 .5075	.1457 .1498	.0069 .0093	−0.0315	(0.0389)	Alt
6	13/10, 6/4	W L	.4896 .5104	.1420 .1514	.0064 .0100	−0.0497	(0.0571)
7	13/8	W L	.4877 .5123	.1381 .1493	.0069 .0061	−0.0563	(0.0637)

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Backgammon, the Cruelest Game (1974), by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw