Backgammon Strategy Community Analysis 008
Community Analysis features interesting positions and comments from our Facebook group “Backgammon Strategy”. Join now for more!What’s the Correct Move?
Here is what the author (Quinn Swanger) says about the position:“I blundered here. Make your best play …”
Community Comments
Raymond Lightbourn:
“8/4(2). Make him play 5's.”Alex Eshaghian:
“You want to make a trap play by keeping the 8 and leaving a blot on the 7. This forces blue to break the lower anchor with a 6, giving you a chance to hit more checkers on the other side. You want to make a 5 point board and give blue a single anchor. This is why you want a spare on each anchor in these situations if possible.”Karsten Nielsen:
“Fives are still bad on the other side of the board. 8/4(2) stacking the 4 point is very tempting.7/3(2) lacks flexibility. Therefore could easily not be better than clearing from the rear.7/3 7/5 6/4 is more flex. And it squuezes the opponent out from the back as well. This would be my play.”The Solution
