“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 11b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 4-4.

A great roll. White makes his bar with the man on black’s 10 point, and makes the 9 point with the two men on black’s 12 point, establishing a five-point prime.

15/7, 13/9(2)
Rollout 
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Tom Keith 2013 
Money play
Black owns 4-cube
White rolls 4-4

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XGID=--cBbBDAC----B-A---bb-bac-:2:-1:1:44:0:0:0:0

4-4: Game BG   Equity
1 15/7, 13/9(2) W
L
.8837
.1163
.2993
.0047
.0118
.0001
+1.0301 x  *
2 15/7, 13/5 W
L
.8702
.1298
.2903
.0059
.0135
.0001
+0.9866 (0.0435) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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