Many years ago, when I first discovered "organized checkers", I asked my friend Earl Hangen if there were any systems, or any proven methods of learning the game . Of course, he told me study endings, published play, etc.
He then chuckled and showed me this..........
Published in 1981, by V.F. Volk
It gives explanations about how the brain can process patterns, formulas, etc., and suggests that, by studying these charts, one would be able to remember the patterns of many standard positions ( many more of which are included), ......
"With Checkersight, by an action similiar to reading, one can review a line of play twenty or thirty times in the course of a few minutes, and fix it permanently in his memory---a process that would be impratically tedious to play out, that many times, on a board."
He gave it to me, and told me to try it and see if I could make anything of it.
I took it home, looked at it for a few nights, and put it away. That was 22 years ago...(!)
I have recently been digging through some of my old boxes, and found it....
And I wondered, has anyone here ever seen this before ? And if so, have they ever used it to any degree of success...?
Thanx...
Jay H
Jay this is a seldom seen piece of checker literature that ranks up there with Huston's--"Silent Teacher" in that it drew very little attention from the checker community--and only a few copys of it were ever sold. Today it is basically of interest to collectors today. 
