Position 26h, page 85
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 3-2.

Move two men from black twelve point. When your opponent has made his five point, you don’t want to use the 3 to advance a back man to his four point. If he hits this blot you are likely to be in serious trouble.

13/10, 13/11  *
24/21, 13/11 x
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White rolls 3-2

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XGID=-b----E-C---eE---b-db---B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0

3-2: Game BG   Equity
1 24/21, 13/11 W
L
.4181
.5819
.1060
.1874
.0050
.0096
−0.3737 x 
2 24/22, 13/10 W
L
.4174
.5826
.1093
.1927
.0053
.0095
−0.3846 (0.0109) 
3 24/22, 24/21 W
L
.4158
.5842
.1016
.1957
.0050
.0076
−0.3968 (0.0231) 
4 13/11, 13/10 W
L
.4085
.5915
.1158
.1957
.0049
.0141
−0.4083 (0.0346)  *
5 13/8 W
L
.4060
.5940
.1055
.1990
.0053
.0098
−0.4307 (0.0570) 

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