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Position 37a, page 104
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford
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| White to play 6-3. |
You can either move forward from the five point to the two point with the 3 and then bear a man from the four point with the 6, or you can bear off the blot on the five point with the 6 and bear a man from the three point with the 3. Either play leaves a blot exposed to a direct shot.
At first glance the plays appear equal, but there is a decided advantage in making the second play: it gets two of your men off instead of only one. If black proceeds to hit your blot (wherever it is exposed), the game is likely to come down to a photo finish, and that extra man off man mean a win instead of a loss for you.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 6-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-bDBBA--------------cbcbc-:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:0
| 6-3: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 5/off, 3/off |
W L |
.9129 .0871 |
.4005 .0000 |
.0352 .0000 | +1.2310 |
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| 2 | 5/2, 4/off |
W L |
.9059 .0941 |
.3917 .0000 |
.0196 .0000 | +1.1864 | (0.0446) |
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