Lover’s leap

How it works in play

With an opening 6-5, one back checker runs 24/13, all the way to safety on your midpoint. It is the standard play, and the engine’s margin over the alternatives is large: the 6-5 page shows the numbers.

Related terms

• First roll — The opening roll-off where each player rolls one die; the higher number plays both dice first.
• Midpoint — The 13-point.
• Running game — The plan of racing all checkers home without contact.
• Race — A position with no remaining contact between the two sides.

Go deeper

• Opening roll 6-5, analysed
• The 15 opening rolls
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةقفزة العاشق (Lover’s leap)
• ΕλληνικάΤο άλμα του ερωτευμένου (lover’s leap)
• فارسیجهش عاشقانه (Lover’s leap)
• עבריתקפיצת האוהבים (Lover’s leap)
• РусскийПрыжок влюблённых (lover’s leap)
• TürkçeÂşık sıçrayışı