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

White to play 4-3.

White hits black’s blot on the 11 point with a man from black’s 4 point. A good play, because black can now only hit white with 4’s and 2’s anywhere in the board.

21/14*
Rollout 
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Tom Keith 2013 
Money play
Centered cube
White rolls 4-3

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XGID=----bBE-A---cEa--b-ebB----:0:0:1:43:0:0:0:0

4-3: Game BG   Equity
1 21/14* W
L
.4798
.5202
.0981
.1641
.0042
.0070
−0.1395 x  *
2 8/5, 6/2 W
L
.4436
.5564
.0726
.0865
.0027
.0027
−0.1938 (0.0543) 

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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