“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 17a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 5-2.

Black moves one of the men on his 8 point all the way in to the 1 point. He too is leaving a man out, just as white did earlier, in case he has an awkward 6 to play.

8/1  *
8/3, 4/2 x
Rollout 
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White owns 2-cube
Black rolls 5-2

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5-2: Game BG   Equity
1 8/3, 4/2 W
L
.4488
.5512
.0121
.0116
.0002
.0002
−0.2693 x 
2 8/6, 8/3 W
L
.4496
.5504
.0127
.0145
.0002
.0002
−0.2731 (0.0038) 
3 8/1 W
L
.4486
.5514
.0110
.0105
.0002
.0002
−0.2738 (0.0045)  *
4 8/3, 6/4 W
L
.4247
.5753
.0114
.0259
.0002
.0010
−0.3363 (0.0670) 
5 6/1, 4/2 W
L
.4196
.5804
.0128
.0281
.0002
.0007
−0.3522 (0.0829) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

Backgammon: the Cruelest Game (1974), by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

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