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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 8b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 8b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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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.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube White rolls 2-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--BACbBB---AcB----bdBbb---:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:0
| 2-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/11, 4/3 |
W L |
.4967 .5033 |
.0789 .0759 |
.0023 .0019 | −0.0180 |
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| 2 | 11/9, 4/3 |
W L |
.4881 .5119 |
.1004 .0749 |
.0024 .0025 | −0.0348 | (0.0168) |