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In astonishingly general terms, there are three general plans employed. You must be able to hop between game plans almost instantly as the action of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This involves assembling a 6-deep wall of pieces, or at least as deep as you are able to achieve, to lock in the competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable procedure at the begining of the match. You can assemble the wall anyplace within your 11-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the match progresses.

The Blitz

This is composed of closing your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your opposer rolls an early 2 and shifts one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you are able to play six/one six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your opponent is then in serious calamity since they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!

The Backgame

This plan is where you have two or more checkers in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at least two of your checkers.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as this plan much improves your opportunities. The strongest areas for anchors are close to your opponent’s smaller points and either on adjacent points or with a single point separating them. Timing is integral for a powerful backgame: after all, there’s no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break down this straight away, while your opposer is moving their pieces home, seeing that you do not have any other spare pieces to shift! In this situation, it’s more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you might preserve your position up till your competitor gives you an opportunity to hit, so it may be a wonderful idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this case!

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