Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #27
2016-03-19 through 2016-04-30
So far 313 visitors have viewed this contest 711 times.

The ACF Website wishes a big congratulations to Roy Little, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the composer of Slippery When Wet, which was voted the winner of
Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #27 .
Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest 27-Results

This Slocum Stroke contest featured deferred triple jumps. The winner and new World Champion was Roy Little. His Slippery When Wet had 9 votes. It required White to make 5 preliminary moves before starting the pitches, matching the lead-in to Slocum's most famous problem.

2nd with 6 votes was Bill Salot's Trapper John. It culminated in 2-way triple jumps depending on Red's choice of defenses.

Jim Loy's 3rd place Trouble garnered 5 votes and corrected the following published game. The title plays on the name of the prominent player who missed the surprising draw. 10-15 24-20 6-10 28-24 1-6 23-19 15-18 22-15 11-18 32-28 8-11 19-15 10-19 24-8 4-11 21-17 11-15 26-22 12-16 20-11 7-16 17-14 3-7 30-26 16-19 22-17 7-11 17-13 forms Trouble, colors reversed, S. Tribble - Brown, 1948, Badger Checker Player g.161 v.2B

Trailing with 2 votes was defending champion Ed Atkinson's Summer Dream, which involved an intricate set of passive and active pitches before executing a hidden stroke with afterplay.

The contest had 313 web site visitors.

Here is how this contest was introduced:

DEFERRED TRIPLE JUMPS

Deferred strokes popularized by G. H. Slocum in the late 19th Century are still appreciated by composers and solvers alike here in the early 21st.

These four examples are all original, previously unpublished deferred triple jumpers hiding behind mesmerizing preambles. Their composers have all won earlier contests.

Please peruse the animated play and vote for the provocative plum that proves most pleasing. Ed Atkinson's crown is at stake.
Trouble
Composed By: Jim Loy, Bozeman, Montana
Current Votes:
White to move. Draw
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Trunk*31 26, 7-11A, *22 17B, *11-16, *15 10, 6-31, 24 15, 31-24, 28 3 {Draw by a Triple} Draw
A8-12, 15 11, W Best Draw
BNot 27 23 (not 14 10, *6-9, RW), 20-27, 23 7, 2-11, 26 23, *27-31, 23 19, 31-26 or 31-27Red Wins
Summer Dream
Composed By: Ed Atkinson, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*7 11, 17-10, *12 8A, 23-14, *32 27B, 6-9C, *21 17, 14-21, *11 16, 4-11, 16 5 {WW by a Triple; likely continuation: 21-17, 5 9, 17-22, 9 14, 22-26, 14 17, 26-31, *27 32, 31-26, 32 28, 26-23, 17 22, 23-19, *22 18, WW}White Wins
BNot 32 28, *20-24Draw
ANot 11 16, 23-14, 32 27, *4-8Draw
C14-9 or 14-18, *11 16White Wins
Slippery When Wet
Composed By: Roy Little, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*23 19A, 28-24B, *19 15C, 24-19, *15 11, 19-12, *1 5, 9-14, *5 9, 14-18, *11 8, 12-10, *9 14, 10-17, 21 30 {WW by a Triple} White Wins
ANot 23 18, *26 23, 18 15, *23 19Draw
B26-23, *16 11, 23-16, *7 2, 16-7, 2 11, 9-14, *11 15White Wins
CNot 1 5, 24-15, 5 14, *15 11Draw
Trapper John
Composed By: Bill Salot, Colonial Heights, Virginia
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
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Trunk*20 16, 19-24, *16 12, 8-11, *12 8, 11-15A, *21 17, 14-30, *8 11, 30-23, 11 20 {WW by a Triple} White Wins
A11-16, *21 17, 14-30, *8 11, 30-23, 11 18 by a Triple 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.