“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 8b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 2-1.

There are some interesting choices here. White’s is to cover the 3 point in his board with the 1 and to play the 2 from black’s 12 point to his own 11 point to block black’s 6’s. By doing so he gives three extra shots (4-4, 5-3, 3-5) at the blots on black’s 12 point, but considers that blocking black’s 6’s is worth it. He could also have moved all the way from the 11 point to the 8 point, leaving only a 3, but in our opinion his move was much superior.

13/11, 4/3
Rollout 
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White rolls 2-1

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2-1: Game BG   Equity
1 13/11, 4/3 W
L
.4967
.5033
.0789
.0759
.0023
.0019
−0.0180 x  *
2 11/9, 4/3 W
L
.4881
.5119
.1004
.0749
.0024
.0025
−0.0348 (0.0168) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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