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Position 39, page 54
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 3-2. |
Black does not want white occupying his 5 point, and so, in order to entice him from that point, he moves a 2 from white’s 12 point to his own 11 point, giving white a direct 6 with which to hit him. He plays his 3 from his own 6 point to his 3 point.
There are other alternatives, of course, such as moving one man from white’s 12 point to black’s 8 point, but they are not as satisfactory.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 3-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=----BbD-B---eE---a-e-b--B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0
| 3-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/22, 13/10 |
W L |
.4399 .5601 |
.0874 .1688 |
.0038 .0061 | −0.2978 |
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| 2 | 24/22, 6/3 |
W L |
.4305 .5694 |
.0829 .1795 |
.0030 .0060 | −0.3414 | (0.0436) | |
| 3 | 13/8 |
W L |
.4180 .5820 |
.0760 .1797 |
.0030 .0055 | −0.3918 | (0.0940) | Alt |
| 4 | 13/10, 6/4 |
W L |
.4115 .5885 |
.0826 .1839 |
.0034 .0067 | −0.4105 | (0.1127) | |
| 5 | 13/11, 6/3 |
W L |
.4092 .5908 |
.0872 .1996 |
.0041 .0101 | −0.4425 | (0.1447) |
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