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Backgammon – 3 Basic Strategies
In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 chief plans used. You need to be able to switch strategies quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is comprised of building a 6-thick wall of pieces, or at a minimum as thick as you are able to manage, to lock in your opponent’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most acceptable strategy at the begining of the match. You can assemble the wall anywhere within your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match progresses.
The Blitz
This is composed of closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. For example, if your challenger tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you will be able to play six/one six/one eight/three 8/3. Your opposer is then in big-time trouble seeing that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a position consisting of at a minimum two of your checkers.) It needs to be employed when you are decidedly behind as it much improves your chances. The best areas for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s smaller points and either on adjoining points or with a single point separating them. Timing is crucial for an effectual backgame: besides, there is no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break up this right away, while your opposer is getting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you do not have any other spare pieces to shift! In this situation, it’s better to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up until your opposer gives you an opportunity to hit, so it may be an excellent idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this case!
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