“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 5a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 6-2.

Black enters on white’s 2 point and hits white’s blot on his own 4 point with the 6. Note that had white not hit black in his previous roll, the 6-2 would have pointed on white here.

bar/23, 10/4*
Rollout 
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Centered cube
Black rolls 6-2

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6-2: Game BG   Equity
1 bar/23, 10/4* W
L
.5724
.4276
.3067
.1394
.0126
.0075
+0.3700 x  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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