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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 9b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 9b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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White enters on the 2 and plays the 1 from his own 2 point to his 1 point. Playing the 1 in this way is virtually forced, but these two open blots in white’s home board will strongly affect the strategy of both players henceforth.
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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=--BBBbBB---Bb--a--bdBbb--A:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:0
| 2-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | bar/23, 7/6 |
W L |
.4415 .5585 |
.0937 .1226 |
.0037 .0038 | −0.2209 |
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| 2 | bar/23, 2/1 |
W L |
.4158 .5842 |
.0741 .1164 |
.0021 .0045 | −0.3153 | (0.0944) |
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