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In astonishingly general terms, there are three general strategies used. You want to be agile enough to hop between techniques quickly as the action of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This comprises of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you are able to manage, to barricade in the competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable tactic at the start of the game. You can assemble the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the game advances.

The Blitz

This consists of locking your home board as quickly as possible while keeping your opposer on the bar. For example, if your opponent rolls an early 2 and moves one checker from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you will be able to play 6/1 six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your opposer is then in big-time dire straits seeing that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!

The Backgame

This course of action is where you have two or more checkers in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point filled by at a minimum two of your checkers.) It needs to be used when you are extremely behind as it much improves your chances. The best places for anchors are close to your opponent’s smaller points and also on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is critical for a powerful backgame: after all, there’s no reason having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break apart this straight away, while your opposer is getting their checkers home, because you do not have other additional checkers to move! In this situation, it is better to have pieces on the bar so that you can maintain your position up till your opposer gives you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a good idea to attempt and get your opposer to get them in this case!

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