Backgammon – 3 Main Techniques
In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 general plans used. You need to be agile enough to hop between tactics almost instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is composed of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as deep as you might manage, to block in the competitor’s checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable course of action at the begining of the game. You can build the wall anyplace inbetween your eleven-point and your two-point and then shift it into your home board as the match advances.
The Blitz
This consists of locking your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your opponent tosses an early two and moves one piece from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a five-five, you can play six/one 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your challenger is now in serious trouble since they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!
The Backgame
This tactic is where you have two or higher anchors in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position consisting of at least two of your checkers.) It must be played when you are decidedly behind as it much improves your circumstances. The strongest locations for anchors are towards your opponent’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with a single point separating them. Timing is important for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then required to break up this right away, while your opponent is shifting their checkers home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you might maintain your position up till your competitor gives you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a great idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this case!
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