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In astonishingly simple terms, there are three main game plans used. You need to be agile enough to hop between game plans almost instantly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is composed of creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you are able to achieve, to lock in the opponent’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most adequate course of action at the start of the match. You can build the wall anyplace inbetween your 11-point and your two-point and then move it into your home board as the game continues.

The Blitz

This is comprised of closing your home board as fast as possible while keeping your competitor on the bar. i.e., if your opponent tosses an early two and moves one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play six/one 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your competitor is then in big-time difficulty taking into account that they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your home board!

The Backgame

This course of action is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position filled by at a minimum two of your checkers.) It needs to be used when you are significantly behind as it greatly improves your circumstances. The strongest areas for anchors are close to your competitor’s smaller points and also on adjoining points or with one point in between. Timing is critical for a competent backgame: besides, there is no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to dismantle this straight away, while your challenger is shifting their checkers home, because you do not have other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it is better to have pieces on the bar so that you can preserve your position up until your competitor provides you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your challenger to get them in this case!