“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 24a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 5-1.

Black moves from the bar to the 1 point, pinning all his hopes on getting a shot on the next roll, for with his next 6 he will be forced to leave.

7/1
Rollout 
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Black owns 4-cube
Black rolls 5-1
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Checker play: 3-ply
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5-1: Game G  BG   Equity
1 7/1 W
L 		.0707
.9293 		.0000
.0524 		.0000
.0004 		−0.8836 x  *
2 7/2, 5/4 W
L 		.0436
.9564 		.0000
.0584 		.0000
.0005 		−0.9522 (0.0686) 
3 7/2, 6/5 W
L 		.0431
.9569 		.0000
.0569 		.0000
.0004 		−0.9533 (0.0697) 
4 7/2, 4/3 W
L 		.0422
.9578 		.0000
.0576 		.0000
.0005 		−0.9553 (0.0717) 

“Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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