“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 18b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-3.

A very interesting decision for white: should he leave a 1 shot or a 4 shot? If he leaves a 4 and is not hit, black is slowed up drastically unless he gets both men on white’s 12 point past white with a very good roll. Yet to leave a 4 shot instead of a 1 is giving black 4 extra chances (15 instead of 11).

After much reflection, white decides that black’s position in a potential race is too strong, so he leaves the 4 shot and plays one man all the way to his bar.

16/7
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
White rolls 6-3

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6-3: Game BG   Equity
1 16/7 W
L
.4156
.5844
.0132
.0062
.0003
.0000
−0.0389 x  *
2 16/10, 5/2 W
L
.3805
.6195
.0113
.0041
.0002
.0000
−0.1141 (0.0752) 
3 16/13, 16/10 W
L
.3782
.6218
.0080
.0048
.0002
.0001
−0.1252 (0.0863) 
4 16/10, 6/3 W
L
.3775
.6225
.0093
.0251
.0002
.0005
−0.1423 (0.1034) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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