“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 21b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-1.

White moves from white’s 9 point to white’s 8 point, and from white’s 9 point to white’s 3 point. A good shot, but black’s timing is still excellent.

9/8, 9/3
Rollout 
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Black owns 2-cube
White rolls 6-1

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XGID=-bbBCBCbCBa-a------bbba---:1:-1:1:61:0:0:0:0

6-1: Game BG   Equity
1 9/8, 9/3 W
L
.5200
.4800
.2894
.0187
.0754
.0008
+0.1591 x  *
2 9/3, 6/5 W
L
.5028
.4972
.2853
.0287
.0783
.0011
+0.1044 (0.0547) 
3 9/3, 4/3 W
L
.4850
.5150
.2715
.0285
.0740
.0010
+0.0403 (0.1188) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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