Position 24j, page 82
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 4-3.

The best you can do here is to move a man from his twelve point to your six point. You will expose two blots with any other move (this is one of the few times you should play safe at the start of the game).

13/6  *
24/20, 13/10 x
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4-3: Game BG   Equity
1 24/20, 13/10 W
L
.4388
.5612
.1061
.1567
.0047
.0072
−0.2648 x 
2 24/21, 13/9 W
L
.4387
.5613
.1139
.1613
.0047
.0082
−0.2651 (0.0003) 
3 24/21, 24/20 W
L
.4305
.5695
.1023
.1576
.0047
.0061
−0.2960 (0.0312) 
4 8/1* W
L
.4195
.5805
.1173
.1627
.0036
.0101
−0.3358 (0.0710) 
5 13/6 W
L
.4206
.5794
.1112
.1639
.0049
.0084
−0.3386 (0.0738)  *

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