In very simple terms, there are 3 general plans employed. You must be agile enough to hop between techniques quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This consists of building a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you are able to achieve, to barricade in your competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the match. You can create 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 is composed of closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. e.g., if your challenger rolls an early 2 and moves one piece from your one-point to your three-point and you then toss a five-five, you are able to play 6/1 six/one eight/three eight/three. Your competitor is then in big-time difficulty since they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have two or more pieces in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at a minimum two of your pieces.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as it much improves your circumstances. The better areas for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s smaller points and either on abutting points or with a single point separating them. Timing is important for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break down this straight away, while your opposer is shifting their checkers home, taking into account that you don’t have any other additional checkers to move! In this case, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up till your competitor gives you a chance to hit, so it will be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your opposer to hit them in this situation!
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