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The 32 backgame seems to have worked

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 22 March 2010, at 2:24 p.m.

In Response To: The 32 backgame seems to have worked (jdg)

jdg wrote:

My rule-of-thumb would be easy take until a checker is hit, or two blots are exposed.

Trice's chapter (in Backgammon Boot Camp) on backgame cube action, part 3, has some valuable examples that will let you fine-tune your rule of thumb here. Several of the criteria I listed in my other post in this thread come from studying his examples and related examples.

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• The 32 backgame seems to have worked
  neilkaz -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 12:43 a.m.
  • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
    Chase -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 12:54 a.m.
    • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
      neilkaz -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:01 a.m.
      • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
        Chase -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:08 a.m.
        • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
          neilkaz -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:32 a.m.
        • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
          Joe Russell -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 2:44 p.m.
      • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
        Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 3:19 a.m.
        • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
          eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 3:45 a.m.
        • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
          Chase -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 3:10 p.m.
  • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:16 a.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:52 a.m.
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    John O'Hagan -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 5:47 a.m.
  • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
    jdg -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 1:35 p.m.
    • The 32 backgame seems to have worked
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 2:24 p.m.
  • OTB and RO
    neilkaz -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 7:43 p.m.
    • OTB and RO
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 8:23 p.m.
      • OTB and RO
        neilkaz -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 11:55 p.m.
        • OTB and RO
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 March 2010, at 12:45 a.m.
          • OTB and RO
            neilkaz -- Tuesday, 23 March 2010, at 7:01 p.m.