“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 9b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 2-1.

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.

bar/23, 2/1  *
bar/23, 7/6 x
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White rolls 2-1

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XGID=--BBBbBB---Bb--a--bdBbb--A:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:0

2-1: Game BG   Equity
1 bar/23, 7/6 W
L
.4415
.5585
.0937
.1226
.0037
.0038
−0.2209 x 
2 bar/23, 2/1 W
L
.4158
.5842
.0741
.1164
.0021
.0045
−0.3153 (0.0944)  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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