Position 24n, page 82
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 3-1.

Ignore the temptation to hit that blot on your bar point, and just make your five point by moving a man each from your eight and six points.
8/5, 6/5
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White rolls 3-1
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XGID=-a----EaC---dE-a-c-e----B-:0:0:1:31:0:0:0:0

3-1: Game G  BG   Equity
1 8/5, 6/5 W
L 		.4815
.5185 		.1290
.1298 		.0052
.0062 		−0.0699 x  *
2 24/21, 8/7* W
L 		.4729
.5271 		.1272
.1468 		.0056
.0075 		−0.1135 (0.0436) 
3 13/10, 8/7* W
L 		.4747
.5253 		.1353
.1650 		.0063
.0099 		−0.1251 (0.0552) 

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