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Position 15, page 26
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
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| White to play 2-2. |
The correct play is to move two men from your 6 point to your 4 point and two men from you 5 point to your 3 point. The result of these moves is that you have eliminated the possibility of having to leave a blot on your next roll and minimized the chances of this for the next few rolls.
If you were to bear two men off your 4 point, on your succeeding roll, the combination of 6 and 5 or 5 and 4 would force you to leave two blots.
In general, when bearing off, and your opponent holds your 1 point, there is less likelihood of being forced to leave a blot when you have several men on few points that it is when you have few men on several points.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 2-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-cCDDBB-----b----bccb-----:1:-1:1:22:0:0:0:0
| 2-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 6/4(2), 5/3(2) |
W L |
.8447 .1553 |
.6391 .0000 |
.1162 .0000 | +1.3758 |
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| 2 | 6/4, 6/off |
W L |
.8143 .1857 |
.6146 .0000 |
.1147 .0000 | +1.2755 | (0.1003) |
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