“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 7a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 6-5.

Black covers his 1 point with a man from his 6 point and starts his bar with a man from white’s 12 point. He is going all out to blitz white if he doesn’t enter on his next roll.

13/7, 6/1  *
23/17, 6/1 x
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
Black rolls 6-5

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6-5: Game BG   Equity
1 23/17, 6/1 W
L
.6757
.3243
.4534
.0925
.0106
.0040
+0.5906 x 
2 13/7, 6/1 W
L
.6641
.3359
.4829
.1091
.0180
.0067
+0.5829 (0.0077)  *
3 21/15, 6/1 W
L
.6716
.3284
.4806
.1165
.0150
.0108
+0.5820 (0.0086) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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