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Position of the Day 06-24-26 - You should know...

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Thursday, 2 July 2026, at 3:22 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 06-24-26 - You should know... (Bob Koca)

Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon_match_strategy has the following (I did not edit anything):

1-away, 2-away (Crawford game) Since the cube will not come into play, there are two possible ways for the trailing player to win the match; he can win a gammon in the next game, or he can win the next game and then win the decider at DMP. The combined odds for the trailing player to win the match can be calculated at approximately 30%, assuming that 20% of the wins are gammons:

0.10 (odds of winning gammon in the next game) + 0.40 (odds of winning a single game) * 0.50 (odds of winning the following game) = 0.30.

Since gammon wins are very favorable to the trailer and gammon losses are very costly to the leader, this score is referred to as "gammon go" (GG) for the trailer and "gammon save" (GS) for the leader. The trailer should play more aggressively in pursuit of a gammon i.e. try to steer the game into a blitz, a back game (for either side) or a prime vs prime battle. The leader will try to avoid losing a gammon by attempting to establish an advanced anchor in the opponent's board or else try for a simple running game.

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