MY CHECKER WORLD

By

Howard R. Gain

December 20, 2006

Game 2 from the German Open 2006. Extracted from, page 7, English Draughts Association Journal Issue173, December 2006.

Annotation by Dennis Pawlek

11-15, 22-17, 8-11, 17-13, 15-18, 23-14, 9-18, 21-17, 10-15, 25-21, 4-8, 26-23, 18-22, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 7-10, 27-24, 11-16, 30-25, 8-11, 25-18, 10-15, 19-10, 6-22, 24-20, 2-7, 23-18, 16-19, 18-14, 19-23, 14-10, 7-14, 17-10, 23-26, 21-17, 26-30, 17-14, 30-26, 29-25, 22-29, 31-22, 29-25, 22-17, 25-21, 32-27, 11-15, 27-24, 15-18, 24-19, 18-23, 19-15 A, 23-27, 15-11, 27-32, 11-8, 32-27, 8-4, 27-23, 4-8, 23-18, 13-9, 18-22, 17-13, 21-17, 8-11, 22-18, 11-7, 18-15, 9-6, 15-11, 7-16, 12-19, 6-2 Black Wins.

"A) Bernard is trying to break the 27-23 published play curse on this opening to win a game off Liam and maybe the tournament. A nice looking idea but unfortunately not very successful, but who wouldn't have tried to complicate this book endgame in order to win a tournament?"

Diagram of Position at Note A