Backgammon – 3 Basic Plans
by Caden on Thursday, November 5th, 2009
In astonishingly simple terms, there are three chief strategies used. You need to be agile enough to hop between strategies instantly as the action of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is composed of assembling a 6-deep wall of pieces, or at a minimum as deep as you are able to manage, to lock in your opponent’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most adequate strategy at the begining of the match. You can build the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the match advances.
The Blitz
This is composed of locking your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your opposer tosses an early two and shifts one piece from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then toss a 5-5, you will be able to play 6/1 six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your opposer is now in big-time calamity due to the fact that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!
The Backgame
This tactic is where you have 2 or more pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a point occupied by at a minimum 2 of your pieces.) It would be played when you are decidedly behind as it much improves your opportunities. The better locations for anchor spots are close to your competitor’s lower points and either on abutting points or with one point separating them. Timing is essential for an effectual backgame: besides, there is no reason having two nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break apart this straight away, while your competitor is moving their checkers home, taking into account that you don’t have any other extra pieces to move! In this case, it’s more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up until your challenger provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a great idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this situation!
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