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In extraordinarily simple terms, there are three main plans employed. You need to be able to switch tactics almost instantly as the action of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This is composed of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as deep as you are able to manage, to barricade in your competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate tactic at the begining of the game. You can create the wall anyplace within your 11-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match continues.

The Blitz

This involves locking your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your opponent tosses an early 2 and moves one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a 5-5, you are able to play 6/1 six/one 8/3 eight/three. Your competitor is then in big-time difficulty considering that they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have closed half your home board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have two or more pieces in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a point filled by at a minimum 2 of your pieces.) It would be played when you are significantly behind as it much improves your chances. The best locations for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s smaller points and either on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is critical for an effectual backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no point having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break up this straight away, while your challenger is getting their checkers home, because you don’t have any other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it is more favorable to have pieces on the bar so that you might preserve your position up until your opposer provides you an opportunity to hit, so it can be an excellent idea to try and get your opponent to hit them in this case!