501 Essential Backgammon Problems #269

To hit or not to hit...

With a comfortable lead in the race, hitting on the 4pt may not be necessary here. Z = 16/10 13/10(2) creates a balanced position with spares on four different points. There should be many ways to make another point thereafter, and many of the throws that do not make a point could be used to run the back checker.

If I were determined to hit, 13/4*, I would choose between two ways to play the final 3. Duping 4, by playing 13/10, is the move I would probably select. Stacking the midpoint, 16/13, is the one I would reject.

Mike

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