March 1, 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

 

 

 

 

 

 Diagrammed position (right) of game at 16th move (27-23). Red now has only two moves that draws, namely Note A’s 7-10, or the 13-17 played in the Jordan-Barker contest. Any move by Red other than 7-10 or 13-17, with the exception of 6-10a, would render the two-for-three shot by 14-10, 7-14, 22-17.

a.     6-10 also loses by 21-17 2-6 24-19 15x24 28x12 11-15 18x2 9x27 31x24 10-15 2x9 5x21 26-23 3-7 20-16 7-10 16-11 21-25 12-8 25-30 8-3 10-14 23-19 14-17 19x10 17x26 White Wins.

 

 

 

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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

Game 25 Position at 16th Move