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Famous Game - Richards-Nicholas

© Copyright 1997, Jim Loy
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I almost reproduced this game, from Gould's Memorable Matches, in one of my early mail games.

J. Richards - Z. Nicholas
11-15 23-19 9-14 22-17 6-9 (The Souter, fairly aggressive) 27-23? (almost loses, instead 17-13 2-6) 9-13 25-22 8-11 23-18? (24-20 15-24 28-19 11-15 30-25! 15-24 22-18 13-22 18-9 5-14 25-9 draws, J. Wyllie) 14-23 (White can never regain this piece) 17-14 10-17 21-14 7-10 14-7 3-10 29-25 (31-27 4-8 27-18 13-17 RW, Draughts Review 1926) 5-9 25-21 2-6 (9-14 also wins) 31-27 (Paul Heringer moved 24-20 here, against me, to a more obvious loss) [diagram]

It looks like White wins. But, Red wins with a nice shot: 15-18! 22-8 4-11 27-18 10-15 19-10 6-31 RW.


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