Backgammon Rules of Play > Backgammon Crawford Rule
The backgammon Crawford Rule is widely used for match play. The backgammon Crawford Rule was invented in the 1930's by Johnny Crawford, an American bridge and backgammon player. According to this rule, if a player is one point away from winning a match, the next game will be played without the option of using the Doubling Cube.
This means that the opponent has no reason not to double because the leading player would still win regardless of the doubled stakes while an opponent has a double advantage if the stakes are double.
To remedy this situation, the backgammon Crawford Rule requires that when a backgammon player first reaches a score which is one point short of winning, neither of the players cannot use the doubling cube for the following backgammon game which is called the Crawford game. Both players can use the doubling cube again as soon as the Crawford Game is over. The same rule applies for the online backgammon game.
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