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In extraordinarily general terms, there are 3 basic tactics used. You must be agile enough to switch techniques almost instantly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This involves creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you might manage, to lock in the opponent’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable procedure at the begining of the match. You can build the wall anyplace inbetween your 11-point and your 2-point and then shift it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This involves closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your competitor on the bar. For example, if your challenger rolls an early 2 and moves one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play 6/1 six/one 8/3 8/3. Your opponent is now in serious calamity because they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have 2 or more pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at least 2 of your pieces.) It would be played when you are extremely behind as this plan much improves your circumstances. The strongest locations for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s smaller points and also on adjacent points or with a single point separating them. Timing is important for an effectual backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchor spots and a complete 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, seeing that you do not have any other extra checkers to move! In this situation, it’s more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you might preserve your position up until your opposer gives you an opportunity to hit, so it can be an excellent idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this situation!

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