Over 30 checkers club 2

"A club for mature players"

CHECKER TRIVA:
The game was played as early as 1600 BC in Egypt.
Egyptian paintings and inscriptions show the game
was popular at the time of the early Pharaohs.

Checker Tip:
The first player to obtain
a king has an advantage
since it can attack from
behind!

tStrategy:

Play your men toward the center of the board in a wedge-shaped formation. Each
advanced checker shold be backed up so that the ranks are solidly massed. You can
then attack your opponent on any weak side If your opponent controls the center of the board, it is generally wise to attack and exchange pieces {provide they are amply backed up}. This lets your capturing men take over the center squares. The key squares are 14,15,18,and 19{see checker
board diagram}. The strongest opening move is 22-18, and the weakest is 24-20..

Benjamin Franklin:
" For life is a kind of Draughts, in which we have points to gain and competitors to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events that are in some degree, the effects of prudence, or want of it."

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Checkers Strategy:
A checkers tyro will often try to avoid being jumped at all costs-this is a fatal mistake.
Leaving all the king-row men unmoved in hopes of preventing the opponent from making a king is another common beginner's error.
Forcing jumps and placing king-row men in play are parts of a strong strategy.

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