Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #11
2013-06-01 through 2013-06-29
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We have a tie!

The ACF Website would like to congratulate
Edgar Atkinson, the composer of Caleb Oldenjumper and
Roy Little, the composer of Mr. X
who have tied with 5 votes.

RESULTS OF CONTEST 11: FIREWORKS! June 1 through June 29, 2013. For the fifth time in eleven unpredictable contests, there was a first place tie.

The leading composers, with their magic touches, are winning again and again.

Ed Atkinson, Harrisburg, PA, regained a piece of his unofficial world checker problem composing championship with his Caleb Oldenjumper (5 votes). He won Contest 9 outright.

Joining him at the top was Roy Little, Oklahoma City, OK, whose Mr. X also garnered 5 votes. This was the fourth time that Roy tied for first in these contests.

Both of the winning problems had slightly fewer pieces than their competition. Both gave Red a choice of two ways to get clobbered, resulting in two strokes for the price of one, whereas their competition did not.

In third place with 4 votes, barely one vote out of first place, was Pretty Polly by famed Stroke Specialist Melvyn Green, Salford, England.

So the top three problem titles were the names of people, either fictitious or real. Could that be the secret of impressing the judges?

Trailing miserably in last place, with zero votes, was Caught Stealing by Bill Salot, who blames it entirely on his poor title selection (humor).

Seriously, these contests are repeatedly showing that we have different perspectives on what constitutes a superior checker problem. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Capturing the eyes of beholders’ is the challenge facing composers. If you have the magic touch, you too can win.
Caleb Oldenjumper
Composed By: Edgar Atkinson
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*14 10, 17-26, *10 7, 3-10, *27 23, 20-27A, *28 32White Wins
A26-19, *24 8White Wins
Mr. X
Composed By: Roy Little
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*17 14, 10-26, *6 9, 19-10, *9 14, 28-19A, *14 21(via 7 & 16)A White Wins
A10-17, *2 7White Wins
Caught Stealing
Composed By: Bill Salot
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*18 15, 5-14, *11 16, 12-19, *22 18, 14-23, 27 18, 20-27, *15 22, White Wins
Pretty Polly
Composed By: Melvyn Green
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*24 19, 26-17, *6 1, 29-22, *19 16, 20-11, 15 8, 22-6, 1 10, 27-18, *10 7, White 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.