“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 3b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 2-1.

White enters on the 1 point and saves his blot on the 8 point by moving it in to his 6 point. White must retrench at this moment because he has no defense.

bar/24, 8/6  *
bar/23, 14/13 x
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White rolls 2-1

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2-1: Game BG   Equity
1 bar/23, 14/13 W
L
.4356
.5644
.0925
.2218
.0041
.0064
−0.3557 x 
2 bar/23, 6/5 W
L
.4304
.5696
.0992
.2353
.0044
.0097
−0.3668 (0.0111) 
3 bar/24, 8/6 W
L
.4198
.5802
.0906
.2278
.0036
.0055
−0.4211 (0.0654)  *
4 bar/23, 8/7 W
L
.4155
.5845
.1007
.2529
.0043
.0114
−0.4403 (0.0846) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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