A fascinating first game in a three-point match. An early choice in a three-point match Black begins with opening roll 21s. With the smallest pip lead, objectives matter and Black wants to squeeze the most out of his small advantage. Black slots his golden point then brings down a midpoint spare as a safe yet…
golden point antics six-four
Sometimes during a practice session against the bot it is worthwhile to design and build a blunder into the game, to make a mistake on purpose which launches a worldly exploration of a play's merits. There could be a whole series of blunders in response to an opening play, different rolls that push the parental…
dead heat bearoff
Ignore the doubling cube. Black to roll the dice. Ignore the cube in the picture. Suppose this position occurs in a cubeless game, perhaps in a match with score 1-away to 1-away. Black is on the roll but has not yet tossed the dice. The game will be decided as a bearoff race, the first…
a first blood cube in a match
A late position in the first game of a three-point match. The score is still zero-zero. Black considers the first cube of the match. Black started this game with monster doubles from favorable dice on the third roll, so Black has been watching and nursing a "too good to cube" situation for many rolls now.…
3ptrs .. the rewhip cube
The castle of three-point matches has a lonely room for those players who push and push and crawl, grinding from the start of the match. These lonely players push the first game of the match into a cube and pass, score now one-zero, thereby improving their match chances from 50% to 60%. Then, encouraged in…
The cube in a three-point match (0)
Why matches? Backgammon has been enjoyed for centuries as a great game, and often as a gambling game. However, not everyone approves of gambling. Fortunately, in the last century, a tournament format of backgammon became popular. Whether or not there is an entry fee, a participating player is assured a certain number of matches and,…
the baron talks backgammon 