It looks like Red
has been setting up this surprise shot for several moves now: 19-23 7-16 8-11
16-7 13-17 21-14 18-11 RW (First Position).Return to my Checkers pages
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This was a Two-Move World Championship Match that the USA did not seem to notice. The Three-Move era had begun a few years earlier, in the US. And Great Britain did not go along with Three Move, for many years. Levy won this match 4-1 with 32 draws.
S. Cohen-S. Levy, 1937 World 2-Move World Championship, game #36
11-15 24-19 15-24 28-19 8-11 22-18 11-16 25-22 10-14 27-24 16-20 31-27 7-10
32-28 4-8 29-25 9-13 18-9 5-14 22-18 1-5 18-9 5-14 25-22 2-7 19-15 10-19 24-15
12-16 15-11 8-15 27-24 20-27 23-18 14-23 26-1 16-19 22-18 27-31 18-14 31-27
14-9 27-23 9-6 23-18 6-2 7-11 1-6 3-8 2-7? [diagram]
It looks like Red
has been setting up this surprise shot for several moves now: 19-23 7-16 8-11
16-7 13-17 21-14 18-11 RW (First Position).
That was a "recoil shot." See Campbell-Reed.
This position
came up in game #8, in the same match. Red (Cohen) resigned here. Why? You
might want to look at it. The solution: 23-27 (others lose) 26-23 27-18 10-7
WW.