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MOVING THE CHECKERS

The key objective of Backgammon is to bring the checkers (or the men, as they may also be called), home and to bear them off the board before the opponent does. Each player has 15 checkers, and their moves are determined by the throw of the dice.

A set of rules has been defined for governing these movements. The rules are generally standardized, however there may be a slight variance depending upon the tournament or the controlling authorities, which need to be taken care of additionally.

How to move a checker and where to move it to:

We suggest you move your checkers in pairs. The reason is very simple. If your one single checker is sitting on a point and your opponent places one of their checkers in the same point, then your checker will be removed and placed on the Bar. This situation is known as a ‘blot’ and any single checker is vulnerable to a hit, which means it will be placed on the bar. If any of your checkers are placed on the bar then not only are you under the obligation of moving the same checker first before any other, however the checker also has to be placed on the furthest point from the home board.

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