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If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.
This amazing final position is like a few other final positions in checkers, but more so, as you seldom see this many pieces blocked by one piece.
Hanhouser -
J. Wyllie, c. 1874
11-15 24-20 8-11 28-24 9-13 32-28 6-9 23-18 9-14 18x9
5x14 22-17 13x22 25x9 1-5 9-6 2x9 29-25 10-14 25-22 7-10 27-23 4-8 24-19 15x24
28x19 11-15 22-17 15x24 17-13 10-15 13x6 15-18 23-19 18-23 6-2 23-27 2-6 27-32
6-10 14-18 10-15 18-23 21-17 32-28 17-13 23-27 15-18 27-32 18-23 8-11 19-15
11x27 26-23 3-7 23-19 7-11 (7-10 20-16 to a similar end) 20-16 11x20 19-16
12x19 30-26 WW [diagram]