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Position 80, page 152
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 must now protect himself from being forced to playa 6 from white’s bar point. Since he is far ahead in a race, he is in little hurry to put the men in from his bar point. More importantly, he can use them to play 6’s and thereby protect the stragglers on white’s bar point. The correct play is to move one man from his 6 point down to make his 2 point.
In this position black should leave himself as many 6’s as he can, the reverse of the tactic of the preceding diagram.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 1-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--ABBBBD----c---ccBbbb----:0:0:1:11:0:0:0:0
| 1-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 6/2 |
W L |
.5496 .4504 |
.0222 .0355 |
.0004 .0011 | +0.1163 |
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| 2 | 7/5(2) |
W L |
.5481 .4519 |
.0245 .0319 |
.0004 .0011 | +0.1142 | (0.0021) | |
| 3 | 6/3, 2/1 |
W L |
.5453 .4547 |
.0206 .0396 |
.0003 .0015 | +0.1016 | (0.0147) | |
| 4 | 4/1, 3/2 |
W L |
.5440 .4560 |
.0248 .0410 |
.0004 .0017 | +0.0996 | (0.0167) | |
| 5 | 6/4, 3/1 |
W L |
.5442 .4558 |
.0231 .0393 |
.0003 .0015 | +0.0967 | (0.0196) |
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