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Position 89, page 173
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 6-1. |
Your correct play in 89 is to move to the position in Diagram 91.
The reason is that you calculate that black will be off in three rolls, and thus you expect only two more turns after this one. By moving a man from the six to the five point, you will be able to bear off four men with either double 5 or double 6.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube White rolls 6-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--BAAAB---------------bbb-:1:1:1:61:0:0:0:0
| 6-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 6/5, 6/off |
W L |
.0708 .9292 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.8376 |
| Diag. 91 |
| 2 | 6/off, 2/1 |
W L |
.0688 .9312 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.8608 | (0.0232) | |
| 3 | 6/off, 5/4 |
W L |
.0527 .9473 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.8835 | (0.0459) | |
| 4 | 6/off, 4/3 |
W L |
.0480 .9520 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.8928 | (0.0552) | |
| 5 | 6/off, 3/2 |
W L |
.0441 .9559 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.9008 | (0.0632) |
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