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30-26 15-24 20-16 12-19 27-20 18-27 31-15 10-19 17-3 WW.Return to my Checkers pages
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This game is #353 in the tournament book. Case wins with a nice shot, at the diagram.
C. Lawson - B. Case, 1929 US National, Cedar Point
9-14 24-20 5-9 22-18 11-16 20-11 8-22 25-18 4-8 28-24 8-11 29-25 10-15 25-22
7-10 (or 6-10 PP) 24-20 3-7 27-24 1-5 32-27 (32-28 draws PP) 9-13 18-9 5-14
22-17 13-22 26-17 15-18? (6-9 17-13 12-16 draws PP) 24-19 11-15? (18-22 draws
PP) [diagram]
Here's the shot:
30-26 15-24 20-16 12-19 27-20 18-27 31-15 10-19 17-3 WW.
In the same tournament, Case was eliminated in the semi-finals with the following shot:
L.Ginsberg - B.Case
11-16 24-20 16-19 23-16 12-19 22-18 10-14 18-15! 7-10 20-16 9-13 (Unusual.
14-18 PP) 16-12? (27-23 or 25-22, A. Long) 5-9 27-23 2-7 23-16 10-19 32-27 8-11
27-23 11-20 23-16 6-10 25-22 1-5 22-17 13-22 26-17 9-13 30-25 13-22 25-9 5-14
29-25 14-18 31-26 10-15 26-22 18-23 22-17 15-18 17-13? (17-14 draw E.
Cresswell) 23-26 21-17? [diagram]
A little shot:
3-8 12-3 26-30 RW.
Case (and
Ginsberg) must have been tired. Just a few games earlier, Case missed an easy
win in the position on the left (also L. Ginsberg vs. B. Case). White moved
18-14 instead of the easy win 21-17 22-15 17-14 WW.