“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 19a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 2-1.

Again a tough choice. Black finally decides to come out all the way to white’s 9 point, relying on his back anchor to get a shot later.

19/16
Rollout 
XG logo
Tom Keith 2013 
Money play
Black owns 4-cube
Black rolls 2-1

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Checker play: 3-ply
Cube play: XG Roller
XGID=-CBBBBA----------b-Ad-dBe-:2:1:1:21:0:0:0:0

2-1: Game BG   Equity
1 19/16 W
L
.2730
.7270
.0074
.0736
.0001
.0007
−0.4103 x  *
2 6/3 W
L
.2529
.7471
.0056
.1000
.0001
.0009
−0.4772 (0.0669) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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