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21. October 2011, 04:08:16

Nothingness

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Subject: resigning

if i resign during a game of probackgammom while the score is 1-0 in a 5pt mathc and the doubling cube is at 2. essentially gving me a 3-0 deficit? or does it give me the whole 5-0 loss?

21. October 2011, 12:25:58

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Subject: Re: resigning

Nothingness: if you resign after bearing off at least one, it will be 3-0... otherwise it will be 5-0 (or 7-0 if you're pieces are still in opponents area).

So get one piece off first, then resign if you can't mathematically win.