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Position 24, page 40
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 make your 4 point, 5 point, and move one man from your 11 to your 9 point.
You are much too far behind in the race to move to Black’s 3 point. You must plan to build your board and hope to hit a blot as Black is bearing off.
With your men on Black’s 3 point, he will have very little difficulty in entering his men safely, and the probabilities of his leaving a blot will be greatly reduced. True, a roll of double 6s would force him to leave a blot on his 9 point, but it also forces him to leave a blot on his 3 point if you stay back on Black’s 1 point.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube White rolls 2-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-----ADAB--B-C--accccb--B-:1:1:1:22:0:0:0:0
| 2-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 11/9, 7/5, 6/4(2) |
W L |
.2251 .7749 |
.0148 .2096 |
.0006 .0126 | −0.6689 |
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| 2 | 13/11(2), 6/4(2) |
W L |
.2114 .7886 |
.0128 .2201 |
.0006 .0135 | −0.7176 | (0.0487) |
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