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In extraordinarily general terms, there are three main tactics used. You must be able to hop between tactics almost instantly as the action of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is composed of assembling a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you might manage, to lock in your competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate tactic at the start of the game. You can build the wall anyplace within your eleven-point and your two-point and then shift it into your home board as the game advances.

The Blitz

This is composed of closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. i.e., if your opposer tosses an early 2 and moves one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play 6/1 6/1 eight/three eight/three. Your opponent is now in big-time dire straits taking into account that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inner board!

The Backgame

This plan is where you have two or higher pieces in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It needs to be played when you are significantly behind as this plan much improves your circumstances. The strongest places for anchors are near your competitor’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with one point separating them. Timing is crucial for an effective backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then forced to dismantle this right away, while your challenger is shifting their checkers home, seeing that you don’t have any other extra checkers to shift! In this situation, it is better to have pieces on the bar so that you might maintain your position up till your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it can be a great idea to try and get your opponent to get them in this case!

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