| Books |
Position 73, page 128
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
|
| White to play 4-1. |
Remember that you are not required to make the higher move first: you can move the lower one first if you wish. I have seen good players forget this in the heat of battle; it’s an easy mistake.
The correct play is to make the one move first, from the 4 point to the 3 point, and then to bear this man off. It’s obvious, but sometimes too obvious. Unfortunately, some over-anxious players take off the man from the 4 point, and then move a man from W3 to W2, leaving a vulnerable blot on W3. A simple mistake.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
|
Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 4-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-bBBA-----------a--bcbbc--:1:-1:1:41:0:0:0:0
| 4-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 4/off |
W L |
.9446 .0554 |
.8217 .0000 |
.2962 .0000 | +1.9829 |
|
|
| 2 | 4/off, 3/2 |
W L |
.9065 .0935 |
.6750 .0000 |
.1556 .0000 | +1.6076 | (0.3753) |
|
|
