The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1

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Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 05-02-2023

The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get those pieces off the board faster than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. How far you can shift your chips is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use differing plans in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game technique is to bring all your chips into your inner board and get them off as quickly as you could. This strategy focuses on the pace of shifting your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to use this strategy is when you believe you might be able to shift your own chips faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main goal of the blocking technique, by its title, is to block the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your chips rapidly. After you have established the blockade for your competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other checkers rapidly off the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking technique.

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