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Position 58, page 110
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
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| White to play 6-3. |
This is a relatively easy problem, yet one which is quite often played incorrectly. The correct play is to move 3 from White’s 8 point to White’s 5 point and then bear the same man off. If Black does not enter on his turn, you will expose a blot only with the roll of 6 and 5 (2 chances out of 36) — if you move a 6 from White’s 8 point to White’s 2 point, and a 3 from White’s 5 point to White’s 2 point. The rolls of double 6s, 5s, and 4s would cause you to leave a blot (3 chances out of 36 — or, in other words a 50 percent increase).
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 6-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aDBBCC--A--------bbbbcc---:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:0
| 6-3: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 8/off |
W L |
.9789 .0211 |
.1111 .0000 |
.0003 .0000 | +1.0601 |
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| 2 | 8/2, 5/2 |
W L |
.9647 .0353 |
.0658 .0000 |
.0001 .0000 | +0.9808 | (0.0793) | |
| 3 | 8/2, 4/1 |
W L |
.9090 .0910 |
.0645 .0000 |
.0001 .0000 | +0.8562 | (0.2039) |
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