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In astonishingly general terms, there are 3 basic tactics employed. You must be agile enough to hop between techniques instantly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is comprised of creating a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you can manage, to barricade in your competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the match. You can assemble the wall anyplace inbetween your 11-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game continues.

The Blitz

This is composed of locking your home board as fast as possible while keeping your opponent on the bar. For example, if your opposer rolls an early 2 and moves one piece from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a 5-5, you are able to play 6/1 six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your challenger is now in serious dire straits seeing that they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have two or more pieces in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor is a point occupied by at least 2 of your pieces.) It should be used when you are significantly behind as this strategy greatly improves your chances. The better areas for anchors are towards your opponent’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is integral for an effective backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then required to dismantle this straight away, while your opponent is moving their pieces home, considering that you do not have any other spare checkers to shift! In this case, it’s more favorable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to maintain your position up till your opponent gives you a chance to hit, so it will be an excellent idea to attempt and get your competitor to get them in this case!

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