Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #6
2012-08-01 through 2012-09-09
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We have a tie!

The ACF Website would like to congratulate
Jim Loy, Bozeman, MT, the composer of New 67th and
Edgar Atkinson, Harrisburg, PA, the composer of Payneful Conclusion
who have tied with 4 votes.
HUMANLY UNSOLVABLE HEAVYWEIGHTS

It was another tie, the third in six contests! Great competition!

The winners, with 4 votes each, were both natural appearing, practical problems with no more than 4 pieces per side. They were:

Payneful Conclusion, a 2-part education, by Edgar Atkinson, and

New 67th, by Jim Loy, an unpublished correction of Dr. T. J. Brown, #67 in Lymans Problem Book, 1881.

The winners were followed, with 1 vote each, by:

Takeover, a giant stroke, by Melvyn Green;

Redemption, Roy Little's improvement of April Fools, the flawed top vote-getter in Contest #4; and

Squeezed Kings, a 14 star marathon, by Bill Salot.

Royal Rundown, by Louis Cowie, had 0 votes.

The composers did not vote.
Royal Rundown
Composed By: Louis Cowie, Painesville, OH
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*7 14, 9-18, 23 14, 32-23, 19 26, 12-19A, *26 31, 30-25, *14 17B, 19-24C, *5 1, 6-9D, *17 13, 9-14, *13 17, 14-18, *17 22, 18-23, *22 18White Wins
A30-23, 16 20 (or 16 11), 6-9, *14 17, 9-13, *17 22White Wins
BNot 31 27, *25-22, 5 1, *29-25Draw
C25-30, *5 1, 6-9 (6-10, *1 6, WW), *31 27, 30-25 (29-25, 17 13 or 1 5, WW), 1 5 best, 9-13, *17 14, 25-22, *14 10, 22-18, *10 14White Wins
D6-10, *1 6, 10-15, *6 10, 15-19, *10 15White Wins
Takeover
Composed By: Melvyn Green, Salford, England
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*16 12, 24-15, *20 16, 26-19, 32 23, 19-26, *8 3, 15-8, *16 11, 8-15, *12 8, 4-11, 7 16, 14-7, 3 19, 1-10, *19 15, 10-19White Wins
Redemption
Composed By: Roy Little, Oklahoma City, OK
Current Votes:
White to move. Draw
Trunk*7 10, 6-9, *3 7, 24-27A, *8 3B, 9-13, *20 16, 27-31 or 27-32C, *7 11, 15-18, *10 15, 19 10, *11 7Draw
A9-13, *8 3, 24-27, sameDraw
BNot 7 11, *12-16, 11 18, *19-23Red Wins
C13-17, *7 11, 15-18, 10 15 or 11 15Draw
Squeezed Kings
Composed By: Bill Salot, Colonial Heights, VA
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*14 17, 15-8, *22 18, 29-25A, *17 22, 25-21, *18 15, 5-9, *16 11, 8-4, *15 10, 9-13, *10 6, 21-17, *22 18, 17-21, *6 1, 13-17, *1 6, 21-25, *18 14B, 17-22C, *14 18, 22-26, *18 22, 25-18, *11 7White Wins
A8-11, 16 7, 3-10, *18 14, 10-15, *17 22White Wins
BNot 6 9 or 6 10, *17-21 Draw
C17-21, *14 17, 25-29, *6 10, 21-25, 10 15 (or 17 21 first), 25-30, 15 19 (or 17-21 first), 30-26, *17 21, American Position with extra piecesWhite Wins
New 67th
Composed By: Jim Loy, Bozeman, MT
Current Votes:
White to move. Draw
Trunk*22 25 (not 22 26, *32-27, RW), 15-18A, *7 11 (not 7 10, *18-23, RW), 16-20, *11 15 (not 11 16, *32-27, RW), 18-23, *25 22, 23-27, here every White move draws, for example: 15 19 more forceful than others, 27-31, 19 23, 31-27, 22 18, 20-24, 23 19, 32-28, *18 22, 27-32, *22-26Draw
A16-20, *7 11 (not 7 10, *15-19, RW), 15-19 (15-18 is Trunk), *11 16, 19-23, *25 22, 23-27, here every White move draws similar to TrunkDraw
Payneful Conclusion
Composed By: Edgar Atkinson, Harrisburg, PA
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*23 19A, 26-23, *19 16, 23-19, *16 11, 19 15, *10 6, 15-8 (or 2-9), *17 13, 2-9, 13 6, 8-12B, *6 10, 5-9, *29 25, 12-16, *10 15, 9-14, *25 22C, 14-18, *15 11White Wins
ANot 23 18, *26-23, 18 15 (17 14, *5-9, Draws), *23-18, 17 22 (15 11, *18 14, Draws), *18-11, 22 18, 11-16 or 11-8 (or 5-9 first), 18-15, *5-9, 29 25, *9-14, 25 22, *14-18Draw
B8-11, *6 10, 11-16, *10 15, 5-9, *29 25, sameWhite Wins
CNow by Wm. Payne, 1756, colors reversed 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.