Just for a bit of fun, here is a position where Black cubes while dancing on the bar with two black checkers, knowing full well that White will beaver. But in a real game, with human players, foolish plays in backgammon often have strange outcomes.

Black has two checkers on the bar, dancing. Black doubles, knowing White will beaver.

Despite the foolish cube by Black, the game follows its own logic until the above position appears. Now White has two checkers dancing on the bar and facing a closed home board. Lady Luck seems to have taken a perverse interest in this game.

Zap. Black rolls snake eyes and cracks his own closed home board.

White throws a joker 66s and suddenly converts the game into a favorable (for White) holding game.

Later in the holding game White throws another joker 66s, disengages the army and has a running advantage.

After Black tosses a flaccid roll of 41s, White now redoubles. Mentally shifting some checkers around, White is about one average roll ahead.

Correct is Redouble/Pass by about 72mp, a clear drop.

Let’s modify the position to see what will permit Black to correctly Take. First, weaken White’s situation. Or second, keep White unchanged but strengthen Black’s situation.

Modifying White’s position (the spare on the white 5pt now covers the blot on White’s 6pt), the cube action is still Redouble/Pass, only closer with 38mp.

Modifying Black’s runner (the trailing black checker ahead from the W8pt to the W9pt) leaves White unchanged but means in the footrace Black can eke out a close Take by 26mp.

Of course, the original double with two black checkers on the bar was foolhardy, crazy talk. The aftermath however is a jewel of just how volatile backgammon can be. Some backgammon players cannot handle the big swings in fortune and let their emotions intervene.