Position 25c, page 84
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 6-4.

You should not make the normal running play with a back man, since your blot on black’s eleven point would be exposed to direct hits by either a 2 or 4. Instead use our recommended alternate play for the opening move: move one back man to the black bar point, and one man “around the corner,” from black twelve to your nine point.

24/18, 13/9  *
8/2, 6/2 x
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6-4: Game BG   Equity
1 8/2, 6/2 W
L
.4546
.5454
.1354
.1317
.0040
.0065
−0.1499 x 
2 24/18, 13/9 W
L
.4641
.5359
.1123
.1288
.0043
.0059
−0.1521 (0.0022)  *
3 24/20, 13/7 W
L
.4475
.5525
.1209
.1376
.0047
.0067
−0.1945 (0.0446) 
4 13/9, 13/7 W
L
.4412
.5588
.1254
.1486
.0047
.0098
−0.2313 (0.0814) 
5 24/20, 24/18 W
L
.4441
.5559
.0929
.1465
.0039
.0055
−0.2458 (0.0959) 

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