- May 18, 2021
Red could play safe with 6/1, 4/1 but what will he do next time and meanwhile he has trashed his board.
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Red could play safe with 6/1, 4/1 but what will he do next time and meanwhile he has trashed his board.
Always having a game plan is a key to winning backgammon. This is not a difficult problem if you follow that idea. Should Red be blitzing or priming here?
This is a demonstration that playing safe in the opening is rarely correct.
This position is taken from Steiger (Red) versus Magriel (White) at Monte Carlo 1985.
This position is taken from Jeff Ward’s 1982 book ‘Winning is More Fun’. Red was Nack Ballard and White was Kent Goulding and this was the final of the Las Vegas Open.
Is the fact that Red has his 5-pt made enough to change his play from the standard 24/18, 13/11?
Prepare to escape or make our five point?
This is a tricky position. I think if you play on automatic you will choose 24/22, 16/11.