Backgammon Cheats

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In exceptionally general terms, there are 3 main techniques used. You must be able to hop between tactics quickly as the action of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This involves creating a 6-thick wall of pieces, or at a minimum as deep as you might achieve, to lock in the opponent’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable strategy at the start of the match. You can create the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the match continues.

The Blitz

This involves closing your home board as quick as possible while keeping your challenger on the bar. e.g., if your opponent rolls an early 2 and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you are able to play 6/1 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your challenger 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 course of action is where you have 2 or more anchors in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It needs to be played when you are decidedly behind as it greatly improves your circumstances. The strongest locations for anchor spots are close to your competitor’s smaller points and either on abutting points or with a single point separating them. Timing is essential for a powerful backgame: besides, there’s no point having two nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to dismantle this right away, while your competitor is shifting their pieces home, seeing that you do not have other spare pieces to move! In this situation, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you might maintain your position until your competitor provides you a chance to hit, so it will be an excellent idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this situation!