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Balkline 14.2 is a carom billiards discipline played on a table measuring 10 feet by 5 feet. The playing surface is marked with balklines drawn 14 cm from each rail, creating eight rectangular zones. Players score points by making caroms but are restricted from playing both object balls within the s...

Balkline 47.2 is a carom billiards discipline played on a pocketless table divided by straight lines drawn 47 centimeters from each rail, creating eight rectangular balk spaces. The rules stipulate that at least one object ball must exit the current balk space after two consecutive caroms, preventin...

Balkline 14.1 is a specific discipline within carom billiards that emerged in the late 19th century to restrict repetitive play. The game is played on a pocketless table divided into regions by lines drawn 14 centimeters from the outer cushions. Players can only score by caroming the cue ball off tw...

18.1 balkline is a discipline within carom billiards played on a pocketless table using three balls. The playing surface is divided by straight lines drawn 18 centimeters parallel to each rail, creating nine regions known as balk spaces. A player is only permitted to score a single point before at l...

18.2 balkline is a carom billiards discipline played on a pocketless table, developed in the 1880s to counter the strategy of 'nursing'—keeping balls clustered together for prolonged scoring runs. Lines drawn 18 centimeters from each rail define rectangular regions called balk spaces. The '2' design...

47.2 balkline is a discipline of carom billiards played on a pocketless table marked with lines drawn 47.2 centimeters from each rail, creating zones that restrict consecutive scoring. The balklines prevent players from using 'nurse' techniques that allow unlimited scoring from a single position, re...

71.2 balkline is an advanced discipline within carom billiards, characterized by straight lines drawn 71 centimeters from the table's edges to form rectangular spaces. A key restriction requires players to move at least one of the cue balls out of these defined zones after scoring a maximum of two p...

Balkline 18.2 is a discipline of carom billiards, played on a pocketless table with lines dividing the surface into regulated balk spaces. When both object balls remain within the same restricted space, the player may score only a limited number of consecutive caroms before at least one object ball...

Balkline 28.2 is an American variant of carom billiards played on a pocketless table divided by lines into restricted scoring areas. The name refers to balklines set 28 inches from the rails and a limit of two caroms while both object balls remain in a restricted area; a ball must then be driven out...

Balkline 18.1 is a carom-billiards discipline in which lines are drawn 18.1 centimetres from each cushion, creating rectangular balk spaces at the table's corners. When both object balls occupy the same balk space, the restriction permits only one scoring carom before at least one ball must leave th...

Balkline 47.1 is a pocketless carom-billiards discipline played on a table marked with lines 47 centimeters from the cushions. The lines divide the playing surface into nine cadres, with small anchor spaces at the rail intersections. The “1” rule limits scoring when both object balls remain in the s...

Balkline 28.1 is a carom-billiards discipline played on a pocketless table. Lines drawn 28 centimeters from each cushion divide the playing surface into balk spaces, and the 28.1 rule allows only one scoring carom while both object balls remain in the same space. A ball must then leave that space be...