January 20, 2010

Thanks to Martin Fierz's "CheckerBoard" program which made possible the recording of the below game.

[Event ""] ‘MAID OF THE MILL’, page 256, BRITISH DRAUGHTS PLAYER, by various authors.

1. 11-15 22-17 2. 8-11 17-13 3. 15-18 23x14 4. 9x18 26-23 5. 10-14 30-26 6. 3-8 24-20 7. 6-10 28-24 8. 11-15 23-19 9. 8-11"(†) 8-11 here forms the following position (diagrammed below) and loses by 11-16 Etc."? Refer to Var. 3, Page 256, British Draughts Player...But a program analysis shows 1-6 instead of 11-16 draws by 1-6 21-17 14x30 23x14 10x17 19x1 30-26 31x22 17x26 1-6 2x9 13x6 5-9 29-25 9-14 25-22 11-15 6-2 7-11 27-23 26-31 2-6 12-16 6-10 31-26 10x12 26x28 Drawn.

RED TO MOVE AND DRAW (Corrects Var. 3, BDP, pg 256)

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