By Douglas Zare: Backgammon's doubling cube means you don't have to bear off all of your checkers to win. The virtual end zone tells you the game winning chances you need to plan to reach to win the game with the doubling cube.
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Douglas Zare
Backgammon's Virtual End Zone
by Douglas Zare
1 August 2008 Back to THE ZARE FORMULA

Backgammon's doubling cube means you don't have to bear off all of your checkers to win. You don't need to achieve 100% game winning chances to double your opponent out, and doubling while your opponent has a slim take is almost as good as a win. Improving your cubeless game winning chances by 1% should increase your cubeful equity by some amount, but by how much?
 
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