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Here us another example of this strategy. Again the proper play is to enter and establish Black’s 4 point, and move one man from Black’s 12 point to White’s 11 point.

As in Position 51, you must maintain a solid defensive position in Black’s home board, which effectively puts a stop to his attack and at the same time starts an offensive of your own. If your blot on this 10 point is not hit, your chances of making a valuable point on your next roll are excellent.

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play White owns 2-cube White rolls 4-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-b----D-C--BbD--abacbA-b-A:1:1:1:43:0:0:0:0

	4-3:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	bar/21, 13/10	W L	.4942 .5058	.1165 .1428	.0052 .0040	+0.1631
2	bar/21, 11/8	W L	.4551 .5449	.0997 .1411	.0042 .0042	+0.0469	(0.1162)

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Better Backgammon (1974), by Tim Holland