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Backgammon – 3 Basic Techniques
In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 chief tactics employed. You need to be agile enough to hop between tactics quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is composed of creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you can achieve, to block in the opponent’s checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable tactic at the start of the game. You can create the wall anyplace between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match progresses.
The Blitz
This consists of locking your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your opposer on the bar. e.g., if your opposer rolls an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a five-five, you can play six/one six/one eight/three eight/three. Your challenger is now in big-time dire straits since they have two checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!
The Backgame
This plan is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point consisting of at least two of your checkers.) It would be employed when you are significantly behind as it greatly improves your circumstances. The best areas for anchor spots are close to your competitor’s lower points and also on abutting points or with a single point in between. Timing is crucial for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there is no reason having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to dismantle this right away, while your competitor is getting their checkers home, because you don’t have any other additional checkers to shift! In this situation, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position until your competitor provides you an opportunity to hit, so it may be a good idea to attempt and get your competitor to hit them in this case!
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