In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 basic techniques employed. You must be agile enough to switch strategies quickly as the action of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This involves creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you can manage, to barricade in your opponent’s checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most suitable strategy at the start of the game. You can build the wall anyplace inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match progresses.
The Blitz
This is composed of closing your home board as fast as possible while keeping your opposer on the bar. e.g., if your challenger rolls an early two and moves one piece from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play six/one 6/1 eight/three 8/3. Your opposer is then in big-time calamity seeing that they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!
The Backgame
This tactic is where you have 2 or more checkers in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a position consisting of at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It must be used when you are extremely behind as it greatly improves your opportunities. The strongest areas for anchor spots are near your opponent’s lower points and also on adjoining points or with one point separating them. Timing is crucial for a competent backgame: besides, there is no point having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break up this straight away, while your opponent is shifting their pieces home, seeing that you don’t have any other additional pieces to shift! In this case, it’s more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to maintain your position up until your opponent provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a wonderful idea to try and get your challenger to hit them in this case!
November 30th, 2024
Makenzie
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