Backgammon – 3 Main Schemes
Posted in Backgammon on 11/25/2015 05:21 pm by LillieIn astonishingly simple terms, there are 3 chief techniques employed. You need to be able to switch tactics quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is comprised of creating a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you can achieve, to block in your competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable procedure at the begining of the match. You can create the wall anyplace between your eleven-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the game progresses.
The Blitz
This consists of closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your competitor tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a 5-5, you are able to play six/one six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your competitor is then in serious trouble seeing that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!
The Backgame
This plan is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position filled by at least 2 of your pieces.) It needs to be employed when you are extremely behind as this action much improves your opportunities. The best places for anchors are close to your opponent’s lower points and also on adjacent points or with one point separating them. Timing is essential for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no point having two nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break down this straight away, while your challenger is moving their checkers home, owing to the fact that you don’t have other additional checkers to move! In this situation, it’s more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up until your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a great idea to attempt and get your opponent to get them in this case!