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This contest page has been viewed 283 times by 105 unique visitors.
Judging by voter comments and low voter turnout (105 visitors, 9 votes), this contest did not draw the interest anticipated. The idea of presenting the Trunk line and main variation (Fake solution) as two separate problems (colors reversed) proved complicated and confusing. The surprising result was that 8 of the 9 votes favored the Fake solutions. That seems to be a warning to composers to be wary of setting a problem back too far, thus hiding its greatest beauty in a side variation. Apparently beauty trumps depth, at least among these voters.
The winning setting, with 6 votes, was Northeast View, by Ed Atkinson. The 6 votes were by Gene Ellison, Lloyd Gordon (Canada), George Hay, Don Myles, Liam Stephens (Ireland), and Kathy Wirthwein. Northeast View was the Fake solution to Southwest View (colors reversed), which got zero votes in spite of its incredible initial move.
Second, with 2 votes, was Escaped, by Bill Salot. The 2 votes were by Slava Goren (Russia) and Wilma Wolverton. Escaped was the Fake solution to Caught (colors reversed), which got zero votes.
Third was What? by Jim Loy. It featured a counterintuitive initial move that a Yates or Tinsley could miss. It received anonymously the only vote for a Trunk solution, while its Fake solution Not? (colors reversed) got zero votes.
The free International Voters’ Ladder has been corrected and now stands as follows:
1 – Mark Sokolovsky, has picked 7 winners in 8 tries (88%)
2 – Don Myles, 5 wins in 6 tries (83%)
3 – Liam Stephens (Ireland), 17 wins in 29 tries (59%)
4 – Kathy Wirthwein, 14 wins in 25 tries (56%)
5 – George Hay, 15 wins in 29 tries (52%)
6 – Gene Ellison, 11 wins in 23 tries (48%)7
7 – Wilma Wolverton, picked 5 wins in 11 tries (45%)
8 – Lloyd Gordon (Canada), 10 wins in 24 tries (42%)
9 – Slava Gorin (Russia), 8 wins in 23 tries (35%)
10 – Gary Ellison, 4 wins in 13 tries (31%)
Sixteen (16) others have either picked fewer than 31% winners or voted in fewer than 6 contests.
This ambitious contest is entering strange new territory. Rarely does the beauty of a variation equal or exceed that of a good checker problem’s trunk solution. These original, unpublished examples may qualify. The last three problems are important variations off the first three trunk solutions, colors reversed. In effect, they are fake solutions to the first three problems. Each trunk and its fake solution are of course by the same composer. The combined votes for each pair of problems will determine the winning composer. Your vote for the single setting you deem most impressive will help determine not only the winning composer, but also whether or not his fake solution is superior to his trunk solution. Please see all solutions animated, and express your opinion via the voting button. We are eager to know how the majority of checkerists rate the paired solutions against each other. If you want to get on the free International Voters’ Ladder, send your vote to the address below the diagrams. See preceding contest results for current ladder standings.
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Contests 1-55 can be accessed on the old contest page.
Contest 56 can be found here.
Contest 57 can be found here.
Contest 58 can be found here.
Contest 59 can be found here.
Contest 60 and the current International Voters' Ladder standings can be found here.
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