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10-14 22-18; 12-16 24-20; 16-19 xxx 8-12 31-26; 6-10 27-23; 11-15 16-11; xxxx 3-8 19-16; 8-15 32-27; xx 1-6 16-11; 15-19 26-22; 10-15 21-17 and now the 15-18! & 2-7! shot draws immediately.

Dear Clint,

Yes, I have now discovered the 2 games on 10-15 23-19; 6-10 and the results you describe. (Games 5 and 6 of Round 6.)

Bur I thought that only 4-game heats were played in 1974. Clearly I was wrong!

What am I missing?

Round 6: Hugh Burton vs. Derek Oldbury

G1: 11-16 23-18; 7-11 Win for Burton
G2: 11-16 23-18; 7-11 Drawn
G3: 9-13 22-18; 11-15 Drawn
G4: 9-13 22-18; 11-15 Win for Oldbury

And, as the final tables clearly show, Derek won the heat!

Thank you!

Many years ago, on this forum, I published a game taken from The Draughts World showing how 24 kings could legally be obtained. Trawling through all of my posts, I still cannot find it.

Can anyone help please?

My favourite 5 books are the 12 (!) I list in Complete Checkers; Insights, Page 271-272, together with the order in which I feel they should be studied to the best advantage: 1) Checkers Made Easy (Reisman) 2) Clapham Common Draughts Book (Trott) 3) Familiar Themes (Boland) - his best 4) Principles ...

Dear Ingo, For me, the most enjoyable and rewarding chapter (by no means the hardest - that was the chapter on Bridges) to write in Complete Checkers: Insights was Chapter 6. This provided a move-for-move guide to the openings as it related to a recommended freestyle repertoire. Is this the kind of ...

Dear Alex,

Many congratulations on your fantastic book! I bought my copy from Amazon a few days ago and have left a 5-star review which should appear online shortly.

Well done!

90% of the general public don't play checkers/draughts - they play a vastly inferior variant where jumping is optional.

90% of the general public hold checkers/draughts in very low regard.

Could there be a link? (English understatement).

Just to note that the original 24 kings solution was published well over 100 years ago in The Draughts World magazine! I'm sure I copied this out move-for-move on the ACF forum but I still can't locate it.

I showed how to legally make 24 kings many years ago on this forum. However, now I can't find the post. Can anyone help?

1) 9-13 23-19; 5-9 27-23; 11-16?! (perhaps !? is correct) 22-18; 16-20 32-27 to a fighting draw
2) 9-13 23-19; 11-16 27-23; 5-9?! 22-18; 16-20 32-27 same
3) 9-13 24-19; 5-9 28-24; 11-16?! 22-18; 16-20 32-28 same
4) 9-13 24-19; 11-16 22-18; 5-9?! 28-24; 16-20 32-28 same

Go to You tube:

Select 'Behind the scenes of The Great Escape J Sturges 1963 (51 mins):

Go forward to approximately the 30 minutes mark:

You will there see one W B Grandjean becoming a graduate of the USA Air Corps.

Could it really be our man? I believe so!

Well done Alex!

I predict a great GAYP match next year.

See Complete Checkers: Repertoire Hardback 11-15 21-17; 8-11 V4(T) for a GAYP correction of the great Tinsley!

Thank you for all of your amazing work Bob!