“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 20b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 4-2.

White moves the outside man in to the 4 point with the 4, and moves a man from his 5 point to his 3 point, leaving four men on his 5 point. If he left five men there, a 6-6 or 5-5 on the next roll would leave two blots.

8/4, 5/3
Rollout 
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Black owns 4-cube
White rolls 4-2

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4-2: Game BG   Equity
1 8/4, 5/3 W
L
.6835
.3165
.0559
.0082
.0004
.0001
+0.3094 x  *
2 8/6, 5/1 W
L
.6802
.3198
.0536
.0090
.0003
.0002
+0.2947 (0.0147) 
3 8/4, 3/1 W
L
.6706
.3294
.0483
.0081
.0004
.0001
+0.2732 (0.0362) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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