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Famous Checker Game - Green-McCallen

© Copyright 1997, 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 ends with a shot. My computer finds the winning move (at the diagram) in a fraction of a second.

W. Green - J. McCallen
11-15 23-19 8-11 22-17 4-8 (Old Fourteenth) 17-13 15-18 24-20 11-15 28-24 8-11 26-23 9-14 31-26 6-9 13-6 2-9 26-22 1-6 22-17 18-22 25-18 15-22 23-18 14-23 27-18 9-13 17-14 10-17 21-14 3-8? (6-10 draws PP) 19-15 12-16 [diagram]

If I hadn't told you that there is a shot here, would you see it? Try to find it, before I continue. Here's the shot: 24-19! 16-23 14-9 5-14 18-2 11-18 2-4 WW.


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