In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 fundamental game plans used. You must be agile enough to hop between tactics instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This involves assembling a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you can achieve, to lock in the opponent’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the match. You can assemble the wall anyplace inbetween your eleven-point and your two-point and then shift it into your home board as the game advances.
The Blitz
This is comprised of closing your home board as quickly as possible while keeping your competitor on the bar. e.g., if your competitor rolls an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play 6/1 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your challenger is now in big-time dire straits seeing 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 higher checkers in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point consisting of at a minimum two of your checkers.) It needs to be played when you are significantly behind as it greatly improves your chances. The strongest places for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s lower points and also on adjoining points or with a single point separating them. Timing is essential for an effective backgame: after all, there is no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then forced to break apart this straight away, while your opposer is moving their pieces home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other additional checkers to shift! In this case, it is more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up till your challenger provides you a chance to hit, so it can be a good idea to attempt and get your competitor to get them in this case!
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