I never had any doubt, even without seeing who the opponents were. Way to go.

Dama 1 has won the round robin checker tournament on GT. WTG Ustica.

This is simply a reminder to those who are participating.

The tournament will start later this weekend & please remember that all participants have agreed to play each side of the following opening in all games, through all rounds:

9-13 22-18 10-14

This is known as THE INFERNO opening, a very difficult one which has only been recently approved by the ACF for the 3-Move Restriction Deck, after extensive testing via Mail-Play.

If there is any confusion remaining about which move or moves to make to begin your games (to ensure The Inferno is being played), please contact me or Nomad & we'll do our best to set you on the right track.

I wish you all great gaming & sportsmanship in the tournament. :o)

awesome WTG James....congratulations on this tremendous achievement :)

Thank you. I like to consider myself a work in progress and still have lot's to learn. There are a lot of amazing players on this site

I tried to play him a few times but he wins easily against better.

James is a champion both on the boards and off. I'm proud of you my friend.

Just looked at the checker ratings for the first time in a long time and I see the number one player is Nomad. WTG James. Poet, great guy and member of my fellowship and now the top checker dude.

I just checked my profile and I've lost so many games of checkers I doubt I could be of help to anyone lol. :o)

Espie isn't it sufficient that you teach me humility on the checker board? Our latest game on GT was a massacar where my checkers jumped off the board like popcorn in a microwave. At least give me the satisfaction of being able to pick on a peace loving young lady.

Hey, Purple, are you picking on a peace loving young lady? That's terrible! You, the reincarnation of checkers champions past, should be totally ashamed! ...except I don't believe in reincarnation. Well...cut it out anyway! You big purple smother!

I think you need a referee for that one.
okok I will be the judge :)

The Purple Smother :)

now all i need is crystal ball to see how my baby keeps beating me at checkers LOL

any suggestions? LOL

Maybe. I find that reading a road map keeps me from going wrong sometimes, too. Ooooh, this may be off topic. Ah! But I was travelling to an important checker game. [Whoops. This post is a product of a sassy, silly sense of humor and was not intended as an editorial one way or the other regarding any editing or deleteing that may or may not have occurred now or in the past from the beginning of time until the end of time. Anything outside of those time boundaries...well, I'm probably guilty]

that must have been where I have been going wrong all these years !!!!

Well...always try to jump more than you get jumped. Hmm, I'll wait for answers with you and pick up those pointers, too.

i applaud fencer for keeping this DB strictly checkers....now....i need to some pointers on how to beat people at the game...when i dont time out that is LOL...this DB is for checkers only...not for personal attacks or negative posts of ANY kind :)

Puke away but not on the checkers DB.

that sounds like a fair play.
Congratulations on doing a great job and helping make this site a better place to play games in Purp.

One got deleted that was an attack on Fencer as well as myself. Nothing to do with checkers.

seems that someone is posting messages that are not here?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Maybe my system is acting up or something.
Maybe I have a corrupted FAT32 file allocation table.
Any suggestions?

I may be drawn to the Single Corner because as a child I too often was placed in a little chair facing the corner and make to sit there until I learned proper conduct or language. Instead, there in the single corner I plotted how to defeat all life's future opponents for their unfair treatment of me. Maybe if I had been allowed to take my doll, Smother Wilther, with me into the corner I would be a different player today!

You are addicted to single corner which you do quite nicely at. Always messes me up. LOL

Whew, with all that to choose from you'd think I could find an opening that would fit my style of play. Alas, haven't really discovered what my style of play is. Anyway, I want something that fits. A woman can't step in front of a mirror without a good fit.

outstanding knowledge Nomad. Thanks

The Wilther 11-15, 23-19, 9-14, 22-17, 7-11
Variation of the OLD Faithful Opening 11-15. There are at least 35 variants of the 11-15 openings published.

They are as follows

Alma 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 3-8
Ayrshire Lassie 11-15, 24-20, 8-11, 28-24
Black Doctor 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 9-13, 17-14, 10-17, 19-10, 7-14
Boston 11-15, 22-17, 9-13, 17-14
Centre 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 15-18
Crescent Cross 11-15, 23-18, 8-11, 26-23
Cross 11-15, 23-18, 8-11
Cross Choice 11-15, 23-18, 9-14
Defiance 11-15, 23-19, 9-14, 27-23
Douglas 11-15, 22-17, 8-11, 17-13, 4-8, 25-22
Dyke 11-15, 22-17, 15-19
Fife 11-15, 23-19, 9-14, 22-17, 5-9
Glasgow 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 11-16
Laird & Lady 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 9-13, 17-14, 10-17, 21-14
Laird & Lady Refused 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 9-13, 25-22
Maid of the Mill 11-15, 22-17, 8-11, 17-13, 15-18
Montrose Cross 11-15, 23-18, 15-19
Nailor 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 26-23
Old Fourteenth 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-17, 4-8
Old Paraffin 11-15, 24-20, 8-11, 27-24
Pioneer 11-15, 22-17, 8-11, 25-22, 11-16
Ryan's Cross 11-15, 23-18, 12-16
27-20 Second Double Corner 11-15, 24-19, 15-24, 27-20
Second Double Corner 11-15, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19
26-17 Single Corner 11-15, 22-18, 15-22, 25-18
Slip Cross 11-15, 23-18, 8-11, 27-23, 11-16, 18-11, 16-20
Souter 11-15, 23-19, 9-14, 22-17, 6-9
Switcher 11-15, 21-17, 9-13, 25-21, 8-11
Tillicoultry 11-15, 23-19, 8-11, 22-18
Wagram 11-15, 22-17, 9-13, 24-20, 13-22, 25-11
Waterloo 11-15, 23-18, 8-11, 18-14
Whilter 11-15, 23-19, 9-14, 22-17, 7-11
Whilter Exchange 11-15, 23-19, 7-11, 22-18
White Dyke 11-15, 22-17, 8-11, 17-14
Will-o'-the-Wisp 11-15, 23-19, 9-13

They either forgot to notify me or I forgot to look in the mailbox. Who cares?

This months meeting of the Apathy society has unfortunately been postponed due to a lack of interest

You inadvertantly transposed the "She won 50" numbers. The numbers for "She" are 05. Hmm, what you have seen as mercy is probably just incompetence when I failed to make the best move. Apathy is probably descriptive of my lack of proper study, but apathy...well, I don't care. :o)

LOL. Never claimed to read. But no modesty Espie. WAY UP on the IYT Ladder. We have played 150 games. She won 50, me 50, and 50 draws. She is one part mercy, one part apathy and one part sudden death. :)

Smother Wilther? Published? You actually read? No wonder my game is bad. About Smother Wilther, I had a doll who answered to that name. I didn't speak too plainly in those days so it just sounded that way to everyone. I've forgotten her real name. Sorry.

Does anybody know the sequence of moves that leads to this devastating finish? It is part of published play but I can not find the page.

i think some mebers here do use programs,.. one member here even gave me a link to a site he refers too FYI

All checkers variants are included in this tournament. All are welcome. Sign up and have fun. Kick-off is January 7. :o)

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Cool thanks
But I still wish to count it in my games totals to bring me up to 3

that's a variant, there's another board for that, you can visit it Here

you may say that now, but take my word for it when I tell you my total checkers games is about to dramatically increase by a whopping 50% if you count Gothic Checkers after Steve beats me :)

LJ, once again I'll ask, who are you? You have played a grand total of 2 checkers games on this site.

It seems to me that he is progressing pawns to become kings which would also suggest to me progress is being made, no matter how small as GI stated.

Another question is, has the 40 move rule been called for officially? What happens if the opponent never reads these boards? The only way it should be called for is to have Fencer or someone notify the opponent that it has been called for. I wonder if this has officially happened yet? Even if it has, pawns progressing towards crowning in my opinion should be considered "showing progress"

very good anser. Thank You..

ed! this rule is in tourn.. games only?? i don t remember...

I'm playing against someone that is rated 600 points higher than me and they can't figure it out? I figured out how I could have won in 3 moves, 10 moves ago. Why in that case would I resign the game? GI, you are good in checkers, what's your take on the game?

Black is one move away from trading down for the win. I have seen people struggle a long long time figuring out 3/2 kings opposite double corners but eventually they stumble on to it.

LongJohn,
Visit this site American Checkers Federation Website.

It is listed there.

I see nowhere where it says "40 moves with no capture = draw"
Please tell me where this rule can "officially" be found.

On another note, have you done the gentlemanly thing yet and resigned that game or are you still clinging on to the hope someone with the power will end the match a draw for you?