“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 15b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 2-1.

White moves men on black’s 3 and 4 points up to his 5 point. White might have hit two more of black’s men, but rightly decided to bring two men up. An expert play.

22/20, 21/20  *
16/15*/13* x
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Black owns 2-cube
White rolls 2-1

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2-1: Game BG   Equity
1 16/15*/13* W
L
.6979
.3021
.5012
.0059
.2153
.0003
+0.9625 x 
2 16/13* W
L
.6948
.3052
.4954
.0065
.2086
.0003
+0.9409 (0.0216) 
3 16/15*, 11/9 W
L
.6857
.3143
.4820
.0072
.1960
.0005
+0.8884 (0.0741) 
4 22/20, 21/20 W
L
.6834
.3166
.4559
.0136
.1646
.0006
+0.8283 (0.1342)  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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