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Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Friday, 21 March 2014, at 12:15 p.m.

In Response To: Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame (Michael Petch)

In both scenarios, you have told me where 4 checkers are. Where are the other 26? That makes a huge difference.

There are some nice apples-to-apples comparisons in Trice, but you have to be careful to not blindly apply them to general positions. Here are the win and gammon % for the "defender" in Trice's examples:

 

Game  Win%  Gammon%  

1-2   55.6  33.5 

1-3   59.3  34.5 

1-4   75.6  26.2 

1-5   75.6  26.2 

2-3   61.9  38.5 

2-4   60.4  35.0 

2-5   61.4  23.7 

3-5   65.9  24.1 

3-4   64.7  33.3 

4-5   73.0  24.1 

According to this, 1-3 is a smidge better for the backgamer than 2-4, but only if you reach the artificial positions in Trice's examples. I wouldn't make broad generalizations.

Messages In This Thread

• Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
  Michael Petch -- Thursday, 20 March 2014, at 4:45 p.m.
  • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 20 March 2014, at 5:20 p.m.
  • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
    AdamStocks -- Thursday, 20 March 2014, at 5:34 p.m.
    • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
      AdamStocks -- Thursday, 20 March 2014, at 5:41 p.m.
  • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
    garyo -- Thursday, 20 March 2014, at 6:19 p.m.
  • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
    Casper Van der Tak -- Friday, 21 March 2014, at 12:07 a.m.
  • Local Backgammon debate 1,3 vs 2,4 backgame
    ah_clem -- Friday, 21 March 2014, at 12:15 p.m.