A club of unexpected and interesting findings. Part 4
We thank Alexander Getmansky and Yuri Khokhlov for the opportunity to share their interesting findings in Russian and international draughts. We will be happy to publish their wonderful historical materials.
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“Keller’s version.” Volume one. Page 151. Lecture Nr. 18 II.2a. Continued 27.
46-41. See diagram 1. Alexander Savin found a stunning enhancement here for the black color: 29. … 06-11! (Instead of the analyzed move in the book 29. … 02-07?) |
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30. 41-37 02-07 31. 30-24. (White, as Alexander Savin notes, could move to a draw ending: a king for three checkers by: 30. 37-32 11-16 31. 32*21 16*27 32. 30-24 19*30 33. 29-23 18*40 34. 39-34 30*39 35. 33*45 22*42 36. 31*02 42-48 37. 36-31 48-39 38. 49-43 39*48 39. 47-42 48*37 40. 31*42 14-19 = See diagram 2 . There should be a draw) |
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31. .. 19*30 32. 47-42 27-32 33. 38*27 30-35 34. 37-32 13-19 35. 49-44 See diagram 3 Black has an amazing draw combination at his disposal! 35. .. 19-24! 36. 29*20 25-30! It is possible to rearrange the first two shock moves! 37. 34*25 17-21! 38. 26*06 04-10! 39. 15*11 35-40! 40. 28*08 40*49 41. 20*09 18-22! 42. 27*18 Look at diagram 4.
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And one warrior in the field! 42. … 49*16*07*34*48*37*26*03*20*38 = A lone black queen managed to escape to a draw against 12 white checkers! A fantastic practical analytical find by Alexander Savin that looks more like a draughts composition!
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