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In astonishingly simple terms, there are 3 main strategies employed. You want to be agile enough to hop between techniques quickly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This consists of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you can manage, to block in your competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most acceptable tactic at the start of the match. You can create the wall anyplace within your eleven-point and your two-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match continues.

The Blitz

This involves locking your home board as quickly as possible while keeping your opponent on the bar. For example, if your challenger rolls 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 6/1 six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your opposer is now in serious calamity seeing that they have two checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have two or more anchors in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point consisting of at a minimum 2 of your pieces.) It must be employed when you are significantly behind as it much improves your circumstances. The best areas for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s lower points and either on abutting points or with one point separating them. Timing is crucial for an effectual backgame: besides, there is no reason 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 opponent is moving their pieces home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other spare pieces to shift! In this case, it is better to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position until your competitor gives you a chance to hit, so it may be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your opposer to hit them in this situation!

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