“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 2b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-6.

White makes his own bar with two men from black’s 12 point and establishes his own 2 point with two men from his 8 point. This roll is too much too soon, but what else can he do? It would be wrong to break the 12 point here.

13/7(2), 8/2(2)  *
13/7(4) x
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Centered cube
White rolls 6-6

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6-6: Game BG   Equity
1 13/7(4) W
L
.4091
.5909
.1320
.1787
.0077
.0123
−0.3605 x 
2 13/7(2), 8/2(2) W
L
.4068
.5932
.1474
.2126
.0105
.0187
−0.3722 (0.0117)  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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