The American Checker Federation

Thank you Ingo for the detailed response. When I first started checkers, my only tatic of winning was to place pieces in the center to have superior space control. And perhaps this is still the away I play today. But every now and then, I come across players who abadons the center and build their fo...

The 16-20 is done a few turns after the 12-16. And you're right, if white should play 24-20? after red's 9-13, he'll lose. Im wondering why red play 16-20 after white plays something else other than 24-20?

I've been looking at many sites and book to see the point of the flora temple opening. It seems to me that the move 9-13 was meant to place a piece on the side of the opponent's single corner so you can run it for king later. But if I play 9-13 and 16-20, I'm leaving center for the other person to c...