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If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.
I like this simple ending, with all of these sacrifices.
A. Hynd - R. T. Ward, English Tourney 1904
10-15 22-17 11-16 24-19
15x24 28x19 9-14 17x10 6x24 27x11 8x15 23-18 15x22 25x18 12-16 29-25 16-19
18-14 7-11 25-22 11-15 21-17 4-8 30-25 8-12 25-21 12-16 17-13 16-20 32-28 3-8
22-17 8-12 31-27 15-18 14-9 5x14 17x10 12-16? (2-6 draws) [diagram]
13-9 1-5 10-6 5x14 6-1 2-6! (a nice try) 1x17 18-22 17-14 22x31 14-10 31x24 10-15 WW