February 27, 2010

Extracted Games of the "ELEVENTH ENGLISH TOURNAMENT GAMES", Held at Southport, April, 1909, Will be posted, and may be viewed on my Checkers/Draughts Index page - Current post is listed below. HRG

An analysis shows that Red can now force a win from the position in the diagram by 1-6, 14-10A 7x14 23-19 15-18 19-15 3-7 24-19 7-11 28-24 14-17 15-10 6x15 19x10 11-15 10-7 8-11 7-3 12-16 3-7 17-21 7-10 16-19 10-7 19x28 7x16 28-32 27-24 32-28 16-19 22-25 19x10 28x19 10-14 18-23 13-9 23-27 R.W. A. If 23-19, then 15-18 13-9B, 6x13 R.W. B. If 16-20(if 19-15 then 22-26, 30-23 and 7-10 for the 3 for 2 R.W), 8-11, 24-20, 6-10, 13-9, 10-17, 9-6 R.W. See Checkers/Draughts Index for a catalogue of past checker related publications. Return to My Checker World Index

Thanks to Martin Fierz's "CheckerBoard" program which made possible the recording of this game. Annotated by Mr. Alex Battersby, Glasgow. [Event ""] Eleventh English Tournament Games - [Date ""] April 1909 A probable reconstruction of Game 23 position with reference to Note C and Note D is diagrammed below. Replace 13-9 with 27-23 at Note C and continue with 4-8, 31-27D to form position in diagram.