Fascinating!

Hi Joshua! Yes, i will be working on some more video in the future and i like your ideas. The opposition is most important in the end game but there are some positions in the late middle game or early end game where it could help you in finding a good plan. Thank you for your comments.

These scenarios are magical. I always found your tutorials similar to card trick tutorials of Mismag822 as both are faceless, high quality, proficient like Professors. I'm trying to commit these endings to memory in order to challenge volunteers to try to escape the Magic outcome of White Checker winning as predicted (from final stage setup).

Thank you Joe! Nice seeing you at the Nationals. Congrats on your fine results in your tournaments this year. Keep up the good work.

Joe, i am glad you like the problem and thank you for your insight on what would happen if you go off course. One move, one tempo can change the game. The beauty of the game is there with practice and understanding.

"Having the opposition" --Can you do a video explaining why this is important with some examples? Maybe a game where you check it throughout the game and some moves that would be specifically driven to switch 'having the opposition'? I see why it's important just need practice with controlling it.

Great problem George! I tried solving it before watching the video. 28-24, 7-11, 24-20, 5-9, 30-26, 17-21, 26-23??, 21-25, 19-15, 11-16, 20-11, 12-16!!. I missed that move in my analysis! Otherwise White has a very neat win forcing red in first position. Very good problem! The beginner should also know that while there a few ways to win it, there are many more ways to blow it!

Thank you for these videos. Are you still making videos about checkers? I recently have developed an interest in checkers after nearly three decades of ignoring it in favor of chess. I'm a club chess chess player and play weekly at our club. I haven't played a rated chess tournament since my daughter was born 16 years ago only at our club. I grew up playing straight checkers with my granddad. I went to college in Hattiesburg MS which was not far from the World Checker Hall of Fame in Petal. We visited it a couple of times while there. In college in the early nineties I played a lot of straight checkers and chess in the dorms. Until the Searching for Bobby Fischer movie came out. Since then all chess. I now regret ignoring checkers for the last 25+ years. I plan to study checkers a bit over the next couple of years and then try a tournament. I'm not giving up enjoying chess, just adding checkers. I've become really facenated with straight and pool checkers lately. I've been watching several of your videos and they are very helpful. This one especially. Thanks.

Nice !!

Thank you George. I plan to play at the 11 man for my next tournament. Do you have any future tournaments in mind? Would be nice to meet up and possibly play each other.

damas 10x10