Identifier: backgammon00cady (find matches)
Title: Backgammon
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Cady, Alice Howard. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Backgammon
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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WHITE, OR A. 38 BACKGAMMON. Suppose the men to be placed as shown in this diagram, whohas the better game, A or B ? A has, because he ought to play, if possible, an ace or deucefrom Bs ace point in order to take possession of Bs deuce ortrois point, or both, as occasion may offer; and, since he isalready in possession.of Bs quatre point, he may easily bringthese men away, if he finds it necessary, and he will also havea resting place by the convenience of that point, which at alltimes during the game will give him an opportunity of runningfor the hit or staying to worry B, if he thinks proper, whereas,B cannot so readily come from As trois point. No. II.BLACK, OR A.
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WHITE, OR B. BACKGAMMON, 39 With the men arranged as in preceding diagram, who has thebetter game, A or B ? A ; because the ace and trois points in the adversarys tableare not so good as the ace and deuce points, because whenbearing his men, the deuce point often saves him from makinga blot, which is almost certain to happen if the opponent (B)has possession of As ace and deuce points. A should furtherendeavor to be hit as often as possible, to keep his game back-ward, and for. the same reason should refrain from hitting any blots B makes. No. III. BLACK, OR A.

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