Position 23d, page 81
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 2-2.

Either move those two back men up to the black five point, or move them to the black three point and make your four point (by moving two men from your six point).

24/20(2)  *
13/11(2), 6/4(2) x
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2-2: Game BG   Equity
1 13/11(2), 6/4(2) W
L
.5329
.4671
.1667
.1371
.0081
.0071
+0.1402 x 
2 24/22(2), 6/4(2) W
L
.5289
.4711
.1422
.1081
.0057
.0046
+0.1313 (0.0089) 
3 24/22, 13/11, 6/4(2) W
L
.5252
.4748
.1525
.1372
.0072
.0060
+0.1042 (0.0360) 
4 24/20(2) W
L
.5156
.4844
.1115
.0765
.0034
.0027
+0.0960 (0.0442)  *
5 13/9, 6/4(2) W
L
.5064
.4936
.1618
.1417
.0070
.0077
+0.0346 (0.1056) 

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