July 30, 2009

My Checker Diary dated October 30, 1999 reviewed

This page begins the first of a series of checker problems. The solution to each problem is given beneath the diagrams.

The problems in the table are from My Checker Diary dated 10/30/1999

WHITE TO MOVE AND WIN Ans: 7-3(10-15 runs into the same lines), 8-12, 10-15, 19-23, 15-18, 31-27 (var. 2), 28-32, 30-25(var 1), 3-7, 25-30(if 25-21 then7-11, 21-17, 11-15 ww),7-11,30-25 or 30-26, 20-24, 27-20, 18-27, red moves, then 27-24 ww. Var 1: 30-26, 3-7, 26-31, 7-11, 31-26, then 20-24 runs into trunk. ww. Var 2: 23-27, 20-16, 12-19, 18-23, 19-26, 28-32 ww.

WHITE TO MOVE AND WIN Ans: 18-14, 28-24, 14-10(var.1), 24-20, 10-7, 20-16, 15-11, 8-15, 7-11, 16-7 ww. Var. 1: 24-27, 10-7, 27-23, 22-17, 21-14, 15-11, 8-15, 7-10, 14-7, 3-26, 12-16, 26-23 ww.