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 :)

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

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

DRAUGHTS CLUB CESKE BUDEJOVICE AND CZECH UNION OF DRAUGHTS brings to order correspondence tournament in czech draughts

Visit it here.
POSTOVSKY PANACEK 2004

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

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

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.

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.

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. :)

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)

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

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

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

outstanding knowledge Nomad. Thanks

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.

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

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!

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?

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

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.

Puke away but not on the checkers DB.

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 :)

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

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

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]

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

any suggestions? LOL

The Purple Smother :)

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

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!

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.

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)

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Thank You.:))

I would say so.

LOL How about this. Let's say we start a game and I make one move, then die of a heart attack before you move. Do I lose?

You had me scratching my head for a minute then.
:o)

This Tournament will start next week. If anyone still wants to enter please PM me. There is 2 years rook membership for the winner.

I agree Ed. I was just trying please the masses. Its a minority of people who have actually played 3-move checkers. Its a shame it isn't incorperated into the site like IYT.

Gothic, we do have a small tournament going now (The Immortals 3-Move Invitational), in which all players have agreed to play the Inferno opening. I agree that more of the same is desirable. Fencer did say that he plans on implementing some kind of 3-move alternative here, though I don't know the specifics or the time-table.

Most humans would walk into those losses with the depth of those openings.