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Position 36, page 47
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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| Black to play 4-1. |
The correct move is to hit white twice by moving a man from black’s 6 point to his 1 point. On this specific occasion, 4-1 becomes a reasonably good opening move.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 4-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-aa---E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0
| 4-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/8 |
W L |
.4848 .5152 |
.1252 .1430 |
.0050 .0059 | −0.0614 |
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| 2 | 6/2*/1* |
W L |
.4797 .5203 |
.1386 .1426 |
.0046 .0069 | −0.0733 | (0.0119) |
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| 3 | 24/23, 13/9 |
W L |
.4793 .5207 |
.1338 .1480 |
.0056 .0070 | −0.0820 | (0.0206) | |
| 4 | 24/23, 24/20 |
W L |
.4811 .5189 |
.1126 .1350 |
.0044 .0049 | −0.0872 | (0.0258) | |
| 5 | 24/23, 6/2* |
W L |
.4712 .5288 |
.1227 .1473 |
.0051 .0065 | −0.1189 | (0.0575) |
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