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the shot? It's fairly difficult to see: 30-25! 21-30 20-16 (Or 10-15 first)
17-26 10-15 12-19 15-22 WW.Return to my Checkers pages
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If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.
Gould's Memorable Matches lists this game as "Wyllie-Amateur," but at the end says "Wyllie won." I assume that Wyllie was White.
amateur - J.Wyllie
11-15 21-17 9-13 (Switcher) 25-21 8-11 17-14 10-17 21-14 6-10 22-17 13-22 26-17
4-8 29-25 2-6 24-19 15-24 28-19 11-15 27-24 15-18 31-26 18-27 32-23 8-11 25-22
6-9 23-18 9-13 24-20 10-15 19-10 5-9 14-5 7-21 18-14 11-15 14-10 15-19 22-18
19-24 26-22 24-27 18-14 27-31 14-9 31-27 9-6 3-7 10-3 1-10 3-7 10-14? (10-15
draws) 7-10 14-17 [diagram]
Can you find
the shot? It's fairly difficult to see: 30-25! 21-30 20-16 (Or 10-15 first)
17-26 10-15 12-19 15-22 WW.