“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 18b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-2.

White moves from black’s 10 point to white’s 9 point, and from white’s 6 point to white’s 4 point. Again white is dogging it by playing safe. Black has perfect timing now.

15/9, 6/4  *
15/9, 15/13* x
Rollout 
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Tom Keith 2013 
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Black owns 2-cube
White rolls 6-2

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6-2: Game BG   Equity
1 15/9, 15/13* W
L
.5414
.4586
.3327
.0091
.1402
.0004
+0.3324 x 
2 15/13*, 9/3 W
L
.5380
.4620
.3364
.0113
.1387
.0005
+0.3231 (0.0093) 
3 15/9, 6/4 W
L
.5368
.4632
.3073
.0162
.0977
.0007
+0.2455 (0.0869)  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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