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Position 14, page 21
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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This is the golden shot to make the golden point. Move one man from black’s 8 point to black’s 5 point and one man from black’s 6 point to black’s 5 point. Excluding doubles, there is no more advantageous opening roll.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 3-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:31:0:0:0:0
| 3-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 8/5, 6/5 |
W L |
.5563 .4437 |
.1699 .1207 |
.0082 .0055 | +0.2450 |
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