“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 7b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 5-4.

White moves one man from black’s 5 point all the way to his own 11 point, making him vulnerable to a 6. But at what cost to black!

20/11
Rollout 
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Tom Keith 2013 
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Centered cube
White rolls 5-4

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XGID=--BACbBB----cB---bbcCba---:0:0:1:54:0:0:0:0

5-4: Game BG   Equity
1 20/11 W
L
.4764
.5236
.1029
.0812
.0029
.0032
−0.0649 x  *
2 20/15, 7/3 W
L
.4575
.5425
.1040
.1032
.0028
.0041
−0.1420 (0.0771) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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