Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #10
2013-04-01 through 2013-05-04
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We have a tie!

The ACF Website would like to congratulate
Jim Loy, Bozeman, MT, the composer of Making It Look Easy and
Roy Little, Oklahoma City, OK, the composer of Backfire
who have tied with 7 votes.
CONTEST #10 RESULTS Practical Endings:

More votes were cast than in any contest since #4. Was it because of the practical appearance of the four flawless 4x4 problems?

Many thanks to the voters; you are invited to repeat the favor in future contests.

The voting in Contest #10 was incredibly close, resulting in another first place tie.

One winner with 7 votes was Making It Look Easy, by Jim Loy. It featured a subtle string of 9 star moves correcting Master Play, vol. 3, p.163, v.9A. It was the only problem from a game. Here is the game: 10-14 22-17 7-10 17-13 3-7 25-22 14-17 21-14 9-25 29-22 11-15 24-20 8-11 28-24 5-9 23-18 4-8 32-28 1-5 24-19 15-24 28-19 9-14 18-9 5-14 27-23 11-15 19-16 12-19 23-16 7-11 16-7 2-11 26-23 15-18 22-15 10-26 30-23 8-12 31-26? {Making It Look Easy, colors reversed} 11-15? 20-16 12-19 23-16 14-18 16-11 15-19 11-7 6-10 7-2 10-14 2-7 14-17 draw, F. Tescheleit.

Tied with it was Backfire, by Roy Little. It involved a chase, steal, and recoil shot that deserves a place in the Recoil Family on Page 81 of Bolands Masterpieces.

Third with 5 votes was New Changing of the Guard, a long, laborious struggle, by Bill Salot. It may be a distant relative of the Changing the Guard Family on Page 19 of Bolands Familiar Themes.

Last with 3 votes was Lost in Space, a strange way to steal a king, by Ed Atkinson.
Making It Look Easy
Composed By: Jim Loy, Bozeman, MT
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*19 16, 10-15, *27 23, 15-19 (or 7-10 first), *23 18, 7-10, *18 15, 10-14, *15 10A, 20-24 (19-24, 10 6 or 10 7, WW), *10 6 (not 10 7), 24-27, *6 1 (not 6 2), 27-31, *1 5 (not 1 6), 31-26, *5-9, White Wins
AA – Not 15 11, *20-24, 11 7, *24-27, 7 2, *27-31, 2 6, *14-17, 21 14, *31-26, 22 18, *26-22, Draw
Backfire
Composed By: Roy Little, Oklahoma City, OK
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*23 18, 31-26, *14 9, 6-10, 15 6, 26-22, 18 14A, 22-17, *14 10, 17-14, *6 2, 14-5, *13 9, White Wins
AOr 18 15, 22-18, *15 10, 18-14, same White Wins
Lost in Space
Composed By: Ed Atkinson, Harrisburg, PA
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*6 10, 14-17, *10 14, 17-21, *14 18, 23-27 (or 23-26), *18 23, 27-32 (or 27-31), *23 19, 32-27, *9 6, 21-25, *6 2, 25-30. 37 or 3 8, WW White Wins
New Changing of the Guard
Composed By: Bill Salot, Colonial Heights, VA
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*17 21, 25-30, *5 1, 26-31, *19-23, 20-24, *23 18, 22-26, *18 23, 24-28, *21 17, 28-32, *17 22, 32-28, 1 6A, 28-32, 6 10, 32-28, 10 15, 28-32B, 15 19, 32-28, 22 18, 28-32, 19 24, 32-28, 23 19, 28-32, 18 23, 32-28, 23 27, 28-32, 19 23, 32-28, 27 32, White Wins
AFrom here on, other White moves waste time.White Wins
B28-24, 22 18, 24-28, 15 19, sameWhite Wins
Please enter your original, unpublished, dual-free problems in future contests by sending them at anytime to:
Bill Salot
1006 Elmwood Drive
Colonial Heights, VA 23834-2905

or at wjsalot@comcast.net.