“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 8b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

White to play 6-1.

White makes his own 5 point with men from the 6 point and 11 point.

By far his best choice. He, of course, could have hit black’s blot on the bar point, but this would serve no purpose, since white has too many of black’s men in his inner board already.

11/5, 6/5
Rollout 
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Centered cube
White rolls 6-1

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XGID=-bba--DBB--AdB---cabA-B-A-:0:0:1:61:0:0:0:0

6-1: Game BG   Equity
1 11/5, 6/5 W
L
.6555
.3445
.2940
.0694
.0298
.0035
+0.8491 x  *
2 24/18*, 22/21 W
L
.5805
.4195
.2326
.0890
.0162
.0040
+0.4495 (0.3996) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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