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W. Fleming - E. Jacques

© Copyright 2002, Jim Loy
You may print this and show it to others. But, this article will eventually be part of a book that I am writing. So, please do not distribute it widely.

If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.

This game is from The Complete Guide to Checkers (also titled Secrets of Checkerboard Strategy) by Tom Wiswell. He gives this game as a second example of an impressive shot by Jacques (see Famous Opening Shots for the famous one). This delightful game has a few mistakes, which I will point out here:

W. Fleming - E. Jacques
11-15 23-18 (The Cross) 8-11 27-23 4-8 23-19 10-14 19-10 14-23 26-19 7-14 19-15 11-18 22-15 14-18 21-17 12-16 24-20 16-19 20-16 2-7 17-13 9-14 31-26 18-23 25-22 14-18? (14-17 29-25 5-9 draw?) 29-25 7-11 [5-9 15-10 6-15 (7-14 also loses) 13-6 1-10 28-24 WW] 16-7 3-10 22-17? (15-11!! 8-15 22-17 5-9 17-14 10-17 same as the following shot) 5-9? (8-12 15-11 may lose) [diagram]

White wins spectacularly with 17-14! (or 15-11! first) 10-17 15-11 8-15 28-24 19-28 26-10 6-15 13-6 1-10 25-22 17-26 30-7 WW.

This game is also in Boland's Masterpieces in the Game of Checkers.

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