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In astonishingly general terms, there are three general tactics employed. You must be able to switch techniques instantly as the course of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This involves creating a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you might achieve, to block in your competitor's pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable tactic at the begining of the game. You can create the wall anyplace within your 11-point and your two-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This is composed of locking your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your opposer on the bar. e.g., if your opposer rolls an early 2 and moves one piece 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 serious dire straits considering that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inside board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have 2 or more pieces in your opponent's home board. (An anchor is a position filled by at a minimum two of your pieces.) It would be used when you are extremely behind as this action greatly improves your circumstances. The better places for anchors are close to your competitor's smaller points and also on adjoining points or with one point separating them. Timing is essential for an effective backgame: at the end of the day, there is no reason having 2 nice anchors and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then forced to dismantle this straight away, while your opposer is getting their pieces home, considering that you do not have any other spare checkers to shift! In this situation, it is more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up until your opponent provides you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a good idea to try and get your opponent to get them in this case!