Calvin Monroe - Freddie Owens
Match Play, 22.10.2006

1.11-16 22-17 2.9-14 25-22 3.8-11 22-18 4.4-8 18:9 5.5:14 at this point the game has taken on one of the basic systems of the "Reverse Cheek" opening 24-20


according to Russian Grandmaster, ValdimirKaplan, this move has become quite popular and is uncharacteristic to this opening which the two combatants chose to play (Strive To Be Superior p. 175) Research reveals that in 1947, Russian Grandmaster Iser Kuperman in his match against M. Kogan responded with this move.
[ APCA Top Master player, Charles "Pecan" Thompson, reported that in 1977, V. Kaplan chose to play this variation in their tournament match, (Tournament Checkers, p. 171) 5...24-19 6.16-20 26-22 7.11-15 ( Weak 7.11-16 29-25 8.7-11 28-24 ) 7...30-25 According to APCA Top Master player, Al Harrison, the previous move restricts the possible number of save moves that black can make 8.15:24 28:19 9.7-11 17-13 10.11-15 22-18 ( 10...23-18 11.15:24 18:9 ) 11.15:24 18:9 12.8-11 25-22 13.24-28 9-5 14.11-16 22-18 15.16-19 23:16 16.20:11 ( Weak 16.12:19 13-9 17.6:13 27-24 18.20:27 31:6 19.2:9 5:14 ) ]
6.16-1923:167.12:1929-258.11-15
[ 8.8-12 27-24 9.10-15 ( 9.3-8 24:15 10.11:18 20-16 11.12:19 26-23 12.19:26 31:15 13.10:19 17:12 Win ) 9...17:10 10.7:14 25-22 Strong is 11.14-18 22-17 12.3-8 17-13 13.1-5 21-17 14.12-16 31-27 15.18-22 27-23 16.22:31 23-18 17.15:22 24:15 18.11:18 20:4 19.6-9 17:26 20.31:22 13:6 21.2:9 30-26 22.22:31 4:29 Draw ]
8...17-139.8-1225-2210.7-1127-2311.2-723:1612.12:1922-1713.3-826-2314.19:2630:2315.8-12
[ 15.15-19 23:16 16.8-12 31-26 17.12:19 32-27 18.14-18 26-22 19.18:25 21:30 20.11-15 27-23 21.19:26 30:23 22.1-5 28-24 ( 22...17-14 23.10:17 13:22 24.5-9 23-19 25.15:24 28:19 26.6-10 19-16 27.10-15 16-12 28.7-11 20-16 29.11:20 12-8 Draw ) 23.5-9 23-18 24.15:22 17:26 25.9-14 26-23 26.7-11 23-19 27.14-18 19-16 28.11-15 16-12 29.18-22 12-8 Draw ]
15...28-2416.15-1831-2717.11-1523-1918.7-1132-2819.1-527-2320.18:2724:3121.15:2420:2722.11-1528-2423.14-1824-1924.15:2427:2025.10-1531-2626.12-1620:1127.15:826-2228.18:2521:3029.5-930-2630.8-11 1/2-1/2



Signorini - Rossetti
Il Giorn. Di Brescia 30 3 1998, 1998

1.23-19 10-13 2.28-23 11-15 3.21-18 13-17 4.31-28 6-11 5.23-20 5-10 6.20-16 3-6 7.27-23 15-20 8.24:15 11:27 9.30:23 1-5 10.25-21

[ Attenzione se 10.23-20 il nero sfodera questo brillante tiro risolutivo 7-11 11.16:7 11-14 12.18:11 6:31 Nero vince. ]
10...10-1311.28-245-10
[ 11...6-11 con questa mossa si rischia di rimanere chiusi in questo modo 12.19-14 12-15 13.23-19 8-12 14.32-28 2-6 15.28-23 6-10 16.23-20 4-8 17.29-25 e bianco vince per chiusura.


]
12.32-28
[ non si puņ continuare con 12.18-14 per via di 13-18 e nero vince ]
12...6-1113.24-20
[ il doppio cambio 13.19-14 10:19 14.22:6 non risulta produttivo per via della presa 2:11! 15.24-20 13:22 16.26:19 17:26 17.29:22 9-13 18.28-24 13-17 19.22-18 11-15 20.20:11 7:21 21.16:7 4:11 nero vince. ]
13...11-1414.18:117:1415.16:74:1116.20-162-617.29-2513-1818.22:139:1819.23-2014:3220.21:532-2821.5-228-2322.26-2223-1923.2-519:2624.5-1026-2225.10:322-1926.3-719-1427.7-1214-1028.12-1511-1429.15-1114-1830.20-1510-1431.11-718-2232.15-1114-18
[ se qui il nero se ne va indisturbato a dama perde per chiusura come segue 32...22-27 33.16-12!


8:15 34.7-3 14:7 35.3:19 bianco vince. ]
33.11-622-2734.6-327-3035.7-1117-2136.16-128:1537.11:20 patta 1/2-1/2



Chamblee - Tinsley
Match Play (15), 1947

Notes by AL Lyman, Webmaster, acfcheckers.com 1.10-15 21-17 2.6-10 A hard opening due to the attack on the double corner. 17-14 3.9:18 23:14 4.10:17 22:13


5.12-16
[ 5.1-6 has to be played and today it is played here and considered best. ]
5...25-216.16-1929-257.8-1225-228.4-824-209.1-627-2410.7-1032-2711.5-922-1712.9-1427-2313.3-723:1614.12:1931-2715.8-1227-2316.11-1620:1117.7:1624-2018.15-1820:1119.18:2711-820.27-3126-2221.12-16
[ 21.19-23 is an analyzed draw long dating back to the 1920's. ]
21...30-2522.16-20 Now into a critical ending. Again 19-23 is a good draw.


8-323.19-23
[ 23.20-24 will not draw either after 3-8 24.24-27 8-11 25.27-32 11-16 26.19-23 22-18 27.6-9 13:6 28.2:9 and 25-22 ]
23...22-18 3-7 wins also. 24.6-913:625.2:925-2226.31-26 Allows the snap, but there is no recourse. Oldbury once commented: 'If your going to lose, lose in an eleganat way. " 18-1527.10:1917:1028.26:1721:5 Thus Tinsley now leads 2-1. with Chambell missing two wins. 0-1



Sokov V. - Gordon I.
1934

Notes by Sokov V. 1.ab4 ba5 2.ba3 cb6 3.ab2 bc5 4.ed4 c:e3 5.f:d4 dc5 6.b:d6 e:e3 7.d:f4 Extension with 6.b:d6 was played for the first time by me in 1933, and it seems that move 6.b:d6 gives double-edged game. fg5 8.ed2

[ Another good move is 8.ef2 g:e3 9.f:d4 ]
8...g:e39.d:f4gf610.gf2ab6
[ After 10...fg5 11.fe3 gh4 12.cd4 h:f2 13.e:g1 ab6 14.bc3 bc5 15.d:b6 a:c7 16.gf2 white better ]
11.fe3fg512.cd4ba7!


Black has worse position, but their defence is rather well 13.bc3bc514.d:b6a:c515.gh4fe716.h:f6e:g517.ed4g:e3!18.d:f2hg719.hg3gf620.gf4dc721.fe3cd622.cd4de523.d:b6e:g324.bc7gh225.cb8fe5!26.b:f4hg1 Draw 1/2-1/2



Woldouby - ?
Koeperman 1e stap (210), 1911


1.34-2923:342.30:3918-23


3.27-22!
[ Na 3.28-22 haalt zwart de remiseplakkers eruit via 24-30! alvorens toe te slaan met 23-28! ]
[ Na 3.39-34 13-18! moet wit zich aan een ware tantaluskwelling onderwerpen om uitzicht op remise te houden. De hoofdvariant van de analyse luidt: 4.25-20! ( Ook het stukoffer 4.28-22 23-28 5.22:13 28:30 6.25:34 19:8 7.27-22 12-17! 8.22:11 16:7 biedt geen uitweg. ) 4...14:25 5.28-22 23-28 6.32:14 21:41 7.22:13 41-47! 8.35-30 24:35 9.14-10 47-41 10.10-4 41-14 11.33-29 26-31 12.38-33 31-36 13.4-15 36-41 14.33-28 14:37 15.13-9 37-31 16.9-4 31-36 17.29-23 41-46 18.23-18 12:23 19.15-33 en de strijd gaat voort zonder een duidelijke uitweg voor de witspeler. ]
3...12-17
[ Op de achterloop 3...12-18 redt wit zich als volgt: 4.39-34 18:27 5.34-30! 13-18 ( 5...27-31 6.33-29! ) 6.28-22 23-28 7.32:12 27:7 8.33-28 24-29 9.38-33! 29:38 10.37-32! 38:27 11.30-24 19:30 12.35:24 en er is voor zwart geen houden aan. In een oogwenk heeft wit twee dammen. ]
4.22:1116:75.28-22! Wit bevrijdt zijn centrum met een klein grapje. 7-12
[ Op 5...23-28 6.32:23 19:17 volgt nu 7.37-31 26:37 8.38-32 37:28 9.33:2+- ]
6.22-17!12-18


7.32-28!! Dit is de verdedigingszet, die door Kosminski aangegeven werd.
[ De remisepoging 7.37-31 26:28 8.17:26 is uitgewerkt tot het eindspel met 23-29 9.33:22 18:27 10.39-34 29:40 11.35:44 19-23 12.38-32 27:38 13.26-21 38-42 14.21-17 42-47 15.17-11 47-29 16.11-7 24-30 17.25:34 29:49 ]
7...23:348.17-11 Ondanks drie stukken meer kan zwart niet meer winnen. Naast de losse centrumschijven is vooral het hangende stuk 21 een zwakte. 18-23
[ De oversteek 8...24-30 9.35:24 19:30 10.11-7 30-35 11.7-2 14-19 12.2-16= is een treffende illustratie van het probleem. ]
[ De doorbraak op de andere vleugel 8...21-27 9.11-7 18-22 10.7-2 27-31 stuit op 11.33-29! 31:42 ( 11...24:33 12.35-30 31:42 13.30:17= ) 12.29:27 42-48 13.2:39 48:34 14.25-20= ]
9.11-721-27
[ Het damzetje 9...34-40 10.35:44 24-30 11.25:34 23-29 12.33:24 19:50 heeft geen verweer tegen de manoeuvre 13.7-2 13-19 14.2:30 50-11 15.30-48 21-27 16.48-25 14-19 17.25-9= ]
10.7-227-3211.37:2823:3212.2-1132-3713.11-28 (of?) 37-4214.28-2224-2915.22:2029:3816.20-3 en het is twijfelachtig of zwart echt kan winnen in deze door Sjawel aangegeven variant. 1/2-1/2


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