“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 14b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 5-4.

White moves out to black’s 9 point with the 4, and covers his own 2 point with the 5, establishing a five-point board.

20/16, 7/2
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
White rolls 5-4

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XGID=-BABB-BCb-------BbbcAcba--:1:1:1:54:0:0:0:0

5-4: Game BG   Equity
1 20/16, 7/2 W
L
.5020
.4980
.0129
.0227
.0006
.0005
+0.1647 x  *
2 20/15, 7/3 W
L
.4847
.5153
.0463
.0490
.0019
.0019
+0.1253 (0.0394) 
3 20/15, 6/2 W
L
.4790
.5210
.0409
.0512
.0016
.0016
+0.1076 (0.0571) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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