In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 chief techniques used. You need to be able to switch techniques quickly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is composed of assembling a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as deep as you might achieve, to barricade in your competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most adequate course of action at the start of the match. You can build the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shift it into your home board as the game advances.

The Blitz

This is composed of closing your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your opposer on the bar. i.e., if your challenger tosses an early two and shifts one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a 5-5, you are able to play 6/1 6/1 eight/three eight/three. Your competitor is then in serious difficulty considering that they have two checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a position filled by at a minimum two of your pieces.) It needs to be used when you are significantly behind as this strategy greatly improves your chances. The better locations for anchor spots are towards your competitor’s lower points and also on adjoining points or with a single point separating them. Timing is important for a powerful backgame: besides, there’s no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then required to break down this right away, while your opposer is getting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you do not have any other extra pieces to move! In this case, it is more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up till your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it will be a good idea to try and get your opposer to hit them in this case!