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In astonishingly simple terms, there are 3 general game plans employed. You want to be agile enough to hop between game plans instantly as the course of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This is comprised of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as deep as you can manage, to barricade in the opponent’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most suitable strategy at the begining of the game. You can assemble the wall anywhere within your eleven-point and your two-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This involves locking your home board as quick as possible while keeping your opponent on the bar. e.g., if your competitor tosses an early two and moves one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a 5-5, you can play six/one six/one eight/three eight/three. Your opponent is then in big-time calamity because they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!

The Backgame

This course of action is where you have 2 or higher checkers in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum two of your pieces.) It would be played when you are decidedly behind as this plan greatly improves your circumstances. The strongest locations for anchors are near your opponent’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is important for a competent 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 apart this right away, while your challenger is shifting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other spare checkers to move! In this case, it is better to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up until your opposer gives you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a good idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this case!

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