“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 23b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 3-1.

White doesn’t hit. He does not want to delay black.

8/5, 4/3  *
8/5, 6/5 x
Rollout 
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Money play
Black owns 2-cube
White rolls 3-1
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Checker play: 3-ply
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XGID=-bbCDBCaC--a-----a-bbbb---:1:-1:1:31:0:0:0:0

3-1: Game G  BG   Equity
1 8/5, 6/5 W
L 		.5663
.4337 		.3120
.0184 		.0696
.0008 		+0.2952 x 
2 8/5, 4/3 W
L 		.5627
.4373 		.3070
.0162 		.0674
.0008 		+0.2832 (0.0120)  *
3 8/4 W
L 		.5513
.4487 		.2999
.0187 		.0650
.0009 		+0.2374 (0.0578) 
4 8/7*/4 W
L 		.5189
.4811 		.2986
.0114 		.0846
.0007 		+0.1755 (0.1197) 

“Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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