It looks like
White is desperate. But he has a shot to remove eleven pieces from the board,
and draw the game. Maybe you can find it? The shot: 20-16! 11-27 19-15 10-19
17-10 6-15 13-6 1-10 26-23 19-26 30-7 draw.Return to my Checkers pages
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© Copyright 1996, Jim Loy
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If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.
This exciting game is found in Gould's Memorable Matches. I will pass on the following story, about this game, as told by Robertson.
Mr. P. Rule came in when this game was near the finish, and exclaimed, "Mr. Wyllie, how have you got into such a scrape as that." "I'm a man ahead," was the reply. Then Mr. Wyllie played 20-16, at the 34th move, giving away six men as fast as I could take them, clearing the board of eleven men at a bound, and drawing the game amid a loud burst of general admiration.
J. Robertson - J. Wyllie
11-15 21-17 9-14 (9-13 is stronger) 25-21 8-11 29-25 11-16 24-20 16-19 23-16
12-19 17-13 4-8 27-23 19-24 (aggressively sacrificing a piece, 8-12 draws)
28-19 15-24 32-28 8-11 28-19 11-15 19-16 7-11 16-7 2-11 (White will run out of
moves soon, and have to return the piece) 22-17 3-8 31-27 5-9 27-24 15-18 23-19
8-12 [diagram]
It looks like
White is desperate. But he has a shot to remove eleven pieces from the board,
and draw the game. Maybe you can find it? The shot: 20-16! 11-27 19-15 10-19
17-10 6-15 13-6 1-10 26-23 19-26 30-7 draw.