Closeout

How it works in play

With all six home-board points made and an opponent checker on the bar, the opponent cannot enter: every roll is wasted until you open a point. A closeout, above all with two checkers caught, wins a gammon often, which is what a blitz is aiming for.

Related terms

• Blitz — Aggressive attacking strategy aiming to close the opponent out on the bar.
• Prime — Consecutive made points (a 4-prime, 5-prime, or the impassable 6-prime).
• Bar — The center ridge of the board; where hit checkers go.
• Home board — A player’s inner table — points 1–6 from their perspective.
• Gammon — Winning before the opponent bears off any checker. Worth 2× the cube value.

Go deeper

• Game plans: the blitz
• Game plans: the priming game
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالإغلاق الكامل (Closeout)
• ΕλληνικάΚλείσιμο (closeout)
• فارسیبستن کامل (Closeout)
• עבריתסגירה מלאה (Closeout)
• РусскийКлоузаут (closeout)
• TürkçeTam kapalı tahta (Closeout)