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Backgammon Extra chance costs nothing By ALFRED SHEINWOLD You, White, ro116·2 in the diagrammed position. How do you play it? There are several choices. You can take the whole move with the back man; you can bring one,man in and move the other man two POUlts; and so forth. You will save the gammon (by bearing a man off) if Black doesn't roll a doublet and if your next roll is double six, double five or Cloublefour. Only one move will save the gammon if your next roll is double three: You must move the back man from Black's bar point to your own 12-point; and then move the other runner from your ll-point to ycur s-pomt. It's very unlikely, of course, that pre- cisely this will happen, but it costs nothing to give yourself that extra chance. ~II/"""~H(