“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 13a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 4-1.

Black hits white’s blot on the 8 point with a man from white’s 12 point. Black is going all out offensively now because of white’s two blots, and is correct in his decision not to make his own 2 point.

13/8*
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
Black rolls 4-1

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4-1: Game BG   Equity
1 13/8* W
L
.5468
.4532
.1973
.2117
.0094
.0311
−0.0583 x  *
2 6/2, 4/3 W
L
.4647
.5353
.1141
.1354
.0035
.0028
−0.2545 (0.1962) 
3 20/16, 17/16 W
L
.4552
.5448
.0417
.0392
.0014
.0013
−0.2614 (0.2031) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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