“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 12a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 4-1.

Black moves two men off his 6 point, making the 2 point. This could have been worse; he still has a four-point board.

6/5, 6/2
Rollout 
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Black owns 4-cube
Black rolls 4-1

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4-1: Game BG   Equity
1 6/5, 6/2 W
L
.1258
.8742
.0058
.3017
.0001
.0111
−1.0083 x  *
2 6/2, 5/4 W
L
.1165
.8835
.0051
.3247
.0001
.0150
−1.0575 (0.0492) 
3 6/1 W
L
.0994
.9006
.0035
.3345
.0000
.0142
−1.1078 (0.0995) 
4 5/4, 5/1 W
L
.0967
.9033
.0034
.3452
.0000
.0143
−1.1264 (0.1181) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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