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Famous Checker Game - New York player-Wyllie

© Copyright 1998, Jim Loy
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If you need help reading checkers notation, please print out the numbered board.


This is quite a game. Of the ten pieces on the board, at the diagram, eight pieces disappear in one shot.

New York player- J.Wyllie
11-15 21-17 9-14 (9-13 is stronger) 25-21 15-19 (Double Corner Dyke) 24-15 10-19 17-10 6-15 23-16 12-19 21-17 5-9 17-13 9-14 29-25 7-10 25-21 8-11 27-24 2-6 22-17 4-8 32-27 8-12 26-22 14-18 27-23 18-27 22-18 15-22 24-8 27-32 17-14 10-17 21-14 1-5 28-24 (A cute trick to gain a king) 32-28 14-9 28-19 (Not 5-14?) 9-2 19-15 2-6 12-16? (5-9 8-4 12-16 looks OK) [diagram]

White wins with a huge shot: 31-27 (Or 13-9 to the same) 3-12 13-9 5-14 30-26 22-31 6-9 31-24 9-27 WW (They played four more moves).


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