In astonishingly simple terms, there are three fundamental tactics employed. You must be agile enough to switch techniques almost instantly as the action of the match unfolds.
The Blockade
This consists of building a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you might manage, to barricade in the competitor’s checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the game. You can assemble the wall anyplace between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game continues.
The Blitz
This is composed of closing your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your opposer on the bar. i.e., if your competitor tosses an early two and shifts one piece from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you can play 6/1 six/one eight/three 8/3. Your opponent is then in serious calamity taking into account that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!
The Backgame
This strategy is where you have two or higher pieces in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position filled by at a minimum two of your checkers.) It would be played when you are decidedly behind as it greatly improves your circumstances. The better locations for anchors are close to your opponent’s lower points and also on abutting points or with one point in between. Timing is integral for a competent backgame: besides, there’s no point having 2 nice anchors and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then required to dismantle this right away, while your opposer is moving their checkers home, considering that you do not have any other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you might preserve your position until your challenger provides you a chance to hit, so it will be a wonderful idea to try and get your opponent to get them in this case!
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