“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 19a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 5-2.

White’s play pays off. Black has to play a man from his 8 point down to his 1 point.

8/1  *
8/3, 4/2 x
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
Black rolls 5-2
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XGID=-CDBC---Aa---B----ababbdb-:1:-1:1:52:0:0:0:0

5-2: Game G  BG   Equity
1 8/3, 4/2 W
L 		.4412
.5588 		.0003
.0015 		.0000
.0000 		−0.3009 x 
2 8/1 W
L 		.4377
.5623 		.0003
.0015 		.0000
.0000 		−0.3085 (0.0076)  *

“Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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