This is a tough
position. What would you move? Coakley chose the wrong move: 10-14?(A)
22-17?(B) (a clever draw, but there are two ways to win, in note B)
13-22 6-13 14-18 13-17 22-25 17-22 18-23 draw.Return to my Checkers pages
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Both players missed moves, right at the end. First Coakley missed the draw, then Wyllie missed the win.
Coakley - J. Wyllie
11-15 22-18 (Single Corner) 15-22 25-18 8-11 24-19 11-16 29-25 4-8 27-24 16-20
31-27 10-14 25-22 7-10 30-25 3-7 18-15 9-13 19-16 12-19 23-16 10-19 24-15 8-12
(Here Coakley said that he had Wyllie beaten. He was wrong) 15-11 12-19 11-8
6-10 8-3 2-6 27-24 20-27 32-16 6-9 28-24 7-11 16-7 14-17 21-14 10-17 (White
looks lost, as he can't move 25-21) 3-8 17-21 7-3 21-30 8-12 30-23 24-19 23-16
12-19 (with a "man-down draw") 9-14 19-23 14-17 23-26 17-21 26-30 1-6
3-7 5-9 7-2 6-10 2-6 [diagram]
This is a tough
position. What would you move? Coakley chose the wrong move: 10-14?(A)
22-17?(B) (a clever draw, but there are two ways to win, in note B)
13-22 6-13 14-18 13-17 22-25 17-22 18-23 draw.
A - 9-14! (10-15 6-10 15-19 22-18 13-17 10-15 19-23 18-14 draws) 6-15 14-18 (looks like a RW) 30-26! 18-25 15-18 draw!
B - 6-1! (6-10! is a similar WW) 14-17 22-18 17-22 1-5 WW. This line looks fairly obvious to me.