Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945 · New York, Frederick A. Stokes company · leaf 632
ward player to avoid picking up men, the one who is behind can leave blots with great freedom, and may even spread his men so that some of them must be taken up. This intense back game is peculiarly American, for in the English game such tactics would usually re- sult in a gammon, and often in a… … threw double threes. His play would be to separate all his men in the outer table, so that no matter what White might throw he could hardly escape being caught. The black men might be placed on the points marked with small crosses, and then if the white man cannot be caught and set back long enough…
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