In astonishingly general terms, there are 3 basic plans used. You want to be able to hop between tactics instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is composed of creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you might manage, to lock in your competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most acceptable procedure at the start of the match. You can create the wall anyplace between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match advances.
The Blitz
This is composed of closing your home board as quickly as possible while keeping your competitor on the bar. For example, if your challenger rolls an early two and moves one checker from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you are able to play six/one 6/1 8/3 eight/three. Your challenger is then in serious difficulty taking into account that they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have two or higher pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at least 2 of your pieces.) It must be used when you are significantly behind as this plan greatly improves your circumstances. The strongest places for anchor spots are towards your competitor’s lower points and also on abutting points or with one point separating them. Timing is critical for a powerful backgame: after all, there is no reason having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to dismantle this straight away, while your opposer is moving their pieces home, considering that you don’t have any other spare pieces to move! In this situation, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up till your opposer provides you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this situation!
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