Position 31, page 99
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 5-5.

You are obviously ahead in the running game, so you should move the two men from black’s bar point (the seven point) to your own eight point. This will make a running game of it, and you will be a long way ahead.

18/8(2)
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White rolls 5-5

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XGID=-BBBCAA-----cBb-c-Bbcaa---:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:0

5-5: Game BG   Equity
1 18/8(2) W
L
.9589
.0411
.0061
.0007
.0000
.0000
+1.0007 x  *
2 18/13, 18/3 W
L
.9525
.0475
.0095
.0009
.0000
.0000
+1.0005 (0.0002) 
3 18/13, 18/8, 6/1 W
L
.9494
.0506
.0071
.0009
.0000
.0000
+1.0001 (0.0006) 

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