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White should adhere to our recommended opening move. More than ever, white should be wary of splitting his back men. White’s best chance to combat black’s initial advantage is to bring two builders into his outer board in order to counterattack.

To split inside, thereby weakening his chief defense, is folly, and yet certain experts continue to recommend it.

13/11, 13/10

Not: 24/21, 13/11

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

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

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

	3-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	24/21, 13/11	W L	.4181 .5819	.1060 .1874	.0050 .0096	−0.3737		Not
2	24/22, 13/10	W L	.4174 .5826	.1093 .1927	.0053 .0095	−0.3846	(0.0109)
3	24/22, 24/21	W L	.4158 .5842	.1016 .1957	.0050 .0076	−0.3968	(0.0231)
4	13/11, 13/10	W L	.4085 .5915	.1158 .1957	.0049 .0141	−0.4083	(0.0346)
5	13/8	W L	.4060 .5940	.1055 .1990	.0053 .0098	−0.4307	(0.0570)

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