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

White to play 3-3.

Make your five point (move two men from your eight point), and move your two back men on the black one point up to the black four point. Your opponent has started to hem in your back men by making his bar point; you play counters his move.

8/5(2), 24/21(2)  *
24/21(2), 13/10(2) x
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3-3: Game BG   Equity
1 24/21(2), 13/10(2) W
L
.5358
.4642
.1399
.0898
.0049
.0035
+0.1727 x 
2 24/21(2), 6/3(2) W
L
.5332
.4668
.1409
.0902
.0052
.0033
+0.1691 (0.0036) 
3 24/21(2), 8/5(2) W
L
.5263
.4737
.1523
.0915
.0048
.0033
+0.1508 (0.0219)  *
4 8/5(2), 6/3(2) W
L
.5215
.4785
.1835
.1344
.0093
.0073
+0.1265 (0.0462) 
5 13/10(2), 6/3(2) W
L
.5099
.4901
.1673
.1417
.0091
.0071
+0.0639 (0.1088) 

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