Position 39a, page 54
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-5.

White can come off the 5 point now and hit black’s blot, then continue on to his own 9 point. But this play would be incorrect. The 5 point is white’s main defensive bastion and he should not relinquish it lightly. The better play would be to move one man from black’s 12 point to white’s 8 point and to start white’s bar point with the 6.
Not: 20/14*/9
13/8, 13/7  *
20/14*, 13/8 x
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6-5: Game G  BG   Equity
1 20/14*, 13/8 W
L 		.5911
.4089 		.2009
.1102 		.0188
.0045 		+0.4177 x 
2 13/8, 13/7 W
L 		.5691
.4309 		.1904
.0847 		.0087
.0030 		+0.3469 (0.0708)  *
3 20/14*/9 W
L 		.5690
.4310 		.2059
.1283 		.0195
.0059 		+0.3433 (0.0744)  Not

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