The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-09, Page 24Page 8—Crossroads--March 9, 1983
By JEFF WARD
Recently, I saw an inter-
mediate -level player make
a careless, but all -too -com-
mon mistake in the di-
agrammed position.
X, the player in question,
was visibly disgusted with
the way the game had
gone. Having taken an ear-
lier double, X first missed
a double shot and then a
single shot while 0 was
bearing off.
X now faced the very
strong possibility of losing
a gammon and with it, four
points.
X rolled 5-4, an above
average roll in this posi-
tion, and quickly moved
15/6, bringing a man to the
6 -point in order to reduce
the gammon danger.
But X received a painful
shock when 0 next rolled 4-
4. By instantly sweeping
his remaining men off the
board, 0 won a backgam-
mon and pinned a six point
loss on X!
X's obvious mistake was
not using at least part of
the 5-4 to advance his rear
man. Although X's actual
play was slightly better in
terms of preventing a gam-
mon, it was much weaker
overall because of the high
risk of losing a backgam-
mon.
I prefer 19/14, 15/11 with
the 5-4. This move elimi-
nates the danger of a back-
gammon while diversifying
X's outfield checkers.
Then if X is lucky
enough to roll a 6 or a 5 on
either or both dice next
turn, he can use these num-
bers efficiently to move to
the 6 -point.
The most important
thing, however, is to move
the back man out of O's
home board.
Whenever your opponent
is down to four men or less
during the bear -off, it is
usually best to completely
vacate his home board.
Otherwise, your opponent's
6-6, and possibly other rolls
as well, may win a back-
gammon next turn.
There are a few excep-
tions in positions in which
your opponent is likely to
leave a two -blot double
shot next turn. Then, it is
sometimes better to leave
one man back and try to
bit.
Usually, however, elimi-
nating the backgammon
threat has precedence ovgr
all other considerations.
Probably the best advice
is just not to get careless
when things go badly.
There is usually some way
you . cam make the bad sit-
uation worse.
Points are numbered 1
to 24, starting with X's
home board at the lower
left. A move, for example,
from the 7 -point to the 3 -
point is written 7/3. 7/3•
means that a man was bit
on the 3 -point. 7/3(2) means
that two men were moved
to the 3 -point.
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