“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 3a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw

Black to play 4-3.

Black enters on the 3 point and hits white’s blot on his own 4 point with a man from his 8 point. He should not even consider for an instant breaking his anchor on white’s 4 point and hitting white’s blot on the 8 point.

bar/22, 8/4*  *
bar/22, 21/17* x
Rollout 
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Centered cube
Black rolls 4-3

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4-3: Game BG   Equity
1 bar/22, 21/17* W
L
.5561
.4439
.1755
.1185
.0092
.0052
+0.2629 x 
2 bar/22, 8/4* W
L
.4824
.5176
.1686
.1446
.0073
.0069
−0.0288 (0.2917)  *

Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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

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