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501 Essential Backgammon Problems #45

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Thursday, 29 August 2013, at 3:56 p.m.

In Response To: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #45 (Igor)

I think you have to anchor here, so the question becomes where to play the 3?

13/10 and 8/5 are the obvious choices and I like bringing one down slightly better than shuffling a spare from the 8 to the 5. D activates a builder while shuffling doesn't really improve the position.

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• 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #45
  Igor -- Wednesday, 28 August 2013, at 4:29 p.m.
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    alex21 -- Wednesday, 28 August 2013, at 8:13 p.m.
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    Keene -- Wednesday, 28 August 2013, at 9:22 p.m.
  • 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #45
    ah_clem -- Thursday, 29 August 2013, at 3:56 p.m.
  • 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #45 -- Rollout + Variants
    Igor -- Thursday, 29 August 2013, at 6:44 p.m.
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      Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 29 August 2013, at 10:41 p.m.
  • 501 #45 GNU RO (31P-42P-52S-51S-32)
    Stick -- Friday, 30 August 2013, at 7:58 a.m.