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8th International Match Book Now Available
A New Book And A Great Quote
A Paisley Shocker
A Souter Six-Shooter
Andy's Annihilator
Barker's Bounce
Checkers 2006
Deans' Position
First Issue of Draughts Razoo Now Available Online
Horsefall's Stroke
How to Beat Granddad at Checkers
Key Endings
Key Themes Is Now Available
McIndoe's Slingshot
On the Edge
Overlooked by Mail
Second Position
Sixth
Symmetry
The Legendary Tinsley
The Pied Piper's Fife
Thirkell's Folly
Typesetting Problem Causes Release Delay
Uncle Ben's Porch: Cookies and Checkers
What Happened to "Let's Play Checkers"?
Win or Draw? It's Fifty-Fifty!
Wyllie's Switcher Swindle
Games
A Flora Temple Thriller
A Great Shot, But Can You Win The Ending?
A Leak in the Dyke
A Sports Bar Debate
A Switcher Autopsy
Allan Millhone Plays Checkers
An Oktoberfest Contest
Block Construction
Did Marvin Blow The Game?
Did Marvin Blow the Game? (Conclusion)
Draughts on a Winter's Eve
The 'Fun Shot' in the Single Corner Opening
The 11-Man Ballot Game
The 2005 ACF 9th District Tournament
The ACF Nationals
The Fun Shot in the Single Corner Opening: Conclusion
Undiscovered Draw in Game 5 of Hellman-Ryan, 1949?
General
100 Years of International Matches
A Draw Move Is To Be Made Every Time
A Joe Job
A Little Summer Housekeeping
A Message from Gerry and Alan
A New and Original Online Play Site
A Small Change
A Turning Point?
ACF and GoldToken Sign Contract
ACF Announces Five Thousand Dollar Youth Prize
An Interview With ACF President Alan Millhone
Bear Bounty Offered
Browser Issues Fixed
Carol Joy Cole: A Friend to the Checkers World
Checker Hall of Fame to Close as Walker Resigns Positions
Checker Maven Score Sheets
Computer Cheating in On-Line Checkers
Down Low, Too Slow
Happy 90th Birthday, Mr. Richard Fortman!
Happy Thanksgiving to our American Readers
How Times Have Changed
In Times to Come at The Checker Maven
Introducing Marvin J. Mavin
It's Not Just About Winning: A Checker Maven Editorial
It's Your Turn Once Again
Key Landings
Konane Kane
Leo Is On The Team!
Let's Play Checkers
Let's Send Yunior and John to Prague!
Mac Banks, Sportsman and Champion
Make Your Own 3-Move Card Decks!
Mr. Bill Edwards: Grandmaster from Wales
News From the CSi BBS
One Year Old!
Publication Calendar
Reservation Deadline Approaching
Results of the Checker Maven Reader's Survey
Revised Electronic Edition of 'Checkers Made Easy'
Richard Pask's 'The Golden Dozen'
Richard Pask's Revised 'Key Openings'
Richard Pask's Supplement to Oldbury's Move Over
Rule, Britannia!
September 23 is Checkers Day!
Single-Game ELO Calculations with Exact USCF Formula
So This is Checkers?
Solutions and Follow-Ups from January, 2005
Solutions and Followups from February, 2005
SQL Injection
Summer Schedule
The Bear Trap Is Still Empty
The Checker Maven is Looking for Stringers
The Checker Maven Reader's Survey!
The Draughtsberg Project
The Electronic Works of Richard Pask
The Manchester Draughts Club
The Numbered Board and Move Notation
The Sayings of Tom Wiswell
The Wild Bear Is Still On The Loose!
The Wyllie Online Draughts Club
Three Years of Publication
Today is Bob Murr Day!
Two Exciting On-Line Developments
USA vs. Great Britian Internet Challenge
We're Open for Business
What's Your Excuse?
What's on the Tube?
Who is Your Favorite Checker Book Author?
Problems
A Bit of a Break --- for Coffee and Cake?
A Bit Too Advanced
A Checker Author, Too
A Cross Loss
A Crowd Scene
A Good Start
A Holiday Puzzler
A January Warmup
A Little Deceiver
A Little Lighter
A Little More Practical, Well, Maybe
A Midnight Encounter
A Mighty Forest
A Not-So-Mysterious Stranger
A Paisley Problem
A Plethora of Names
A Prize Problem - Well, Kind Of
A Real Eye-Popper
A Real Mind-Boggler
A Real-Life Checker Problem
A Simple Little Fellow
A Startling Reverse
A Summer of Checkers
A Tommie Wiswell Saturday Bonus!
A Wiswell Doubleheader
Ace in the Hole
All Ahead Full
Always Read the Fine Print
An Interesting Combination
Another Two Not So Easy Pieces
Are You Faster Than the World Champion?
Autumn is Coming On Fast
Avoidance Maneuver
Bastille Day Fireworks
Be a PAL
Beeswax Block Buster
Better Than First
Better Than First
Black to Move and Crown
Bowen and Lyman's Double Play
Breaking Even: A Taxing Problem
Brian's Bear Claw Still Unsolved
Brian's Twin
Brilliant
Bumped Off
But Is It Worth Your Job?
But the Computer Says......
Can You Be The Third Person In The World To Solve This?
Can You Escape From The Growling Bear?
Cashing In On The Win
Checker School: Coming From Behind, Part 1
Checker School: Coming From Behind, Part 2
Checker School: Coming From Behind, Part 3
Checker School: Cowie's Position
Checker-Go-Round
Coffee and Cake
Cornered
Crime Does Not Pay
Dead-End Duffers
Demolition
Different Strokes
Dog Days of Summer
Double Barreled Action
Easing Into The New Year
Easy or Hard? It All Depends...
Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress)
Elegance and Style
Eyes Only
Faster Than A June Bug
Faster Than a Speeding --- Turtle?
Faster Than Greased Lightning
Fifth Reprise: Two Easy Pieces
Fifty Years of Composing
Fine Summer Days
Finishing the Job
Fore!
Fourth Of July Race
Hard? Hardly!
Hefter's Triple Play
Hidden Beauty on a Draughtsboard
Holiday Magic
How Fast Can You See?
In the Grand Manner
Inexhaustible
Instant Gratification
Introducing Priscilla K. Snelson
Introducing Priscilla K. Snelson (conclusion)
It's Easy When You Know How
Jackpot
Just a Little Bit of Difference
Just Ask Your Mom
Labor Day Festivities
Labor Day Race
Life Is Full of Tough Choices
Look Before You Leap
March Speedsters
Marvin's New Year's Eve Exhibition
Masterpiece
Maybe Not Quite A Speed Problem
Mayday! Mayday!
Minority Rules
Neatly Trapped
No Work Today: A Midweek Bonus Problem
Oh My Goodness
Oldies But Goodies
Once More Around the Block
One for New Year's Eve
Our Second Anniversary: Let's Have Coffee and Cake!
Playing Like A Robot
Position Beats Possession
Pretty Complex, But ....
Reid's Rocker
Remarkable, Indeed
Roybn's Fast Shots
Rush Hour
Rustic Charm
Saving the Game
School Bells Ring, and Children Sing ...
Showdown in Abilene
Simple Elegance
So What, and Big Deal
Speed Department
Speeding Into Spring
Speedy Delivery
Sturges the Great
Thanksgiving Weekend
The 'Masked Man' Returns for March
The Bear Trainer
The Bizarre World of Strokes
The Block Game
The Captured Bear
The Challenge of Checker Problems
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The Dodger
The Double Steal
The Goose Walk
The Grandmaster Gem --- Solved!
The Lancashire Checker Newsletter
The Last of the Masked Men
The Little Fooler
The Long Road Home
The Lost Soul
The Masked Man is Back in Town
The Masked Man Rides Again
The New Year Rushes In
The Other Benjamin
The Simple Life
The Six Move Blitz
The Squeeze
The Twelve Move Sack
The Zephyr
Three by Mac
Three Easy Strokes, Part Three
Three Easy Strokes, Part Two
Three Easy Strokes: Part One
Time Flies
Today Is The Day
Tombstones for Tyros
Total Insanity
Trouble In The Old Fourteenth
Tupper-Ware
Two Easy Pieces
Two Easy Pieces, Fourth Installment
Two Easy Pieces: Sixth Edition
Two Final Not-So-Easy Pieces
Two Little Cuties
Two More Easy Pieces
Two Not-Quite-So-Easy Pieces
Uncle Ben's Porch
Uncle Ben's Porch: An Argument with Mom
Wednesday is 'Anything Can Happen Day'
Welcome to Checker School
What Is A Gem?
What's Your Call?
What's Your Hurry?
What's Your Speed?
White to Move and Draw, Again
White to Move and Draw, Cowboy
Who Was That Masked Man?
Who's Number One?
Will The Real Doogz Please Stand Up?
Willard Who?
With Deliberate Speed
Yet Two More Easy Pieces
Programs
10-Piece Endgame Database Now Available
Marujito: A New Checker Playing Engine
CheckerBoard 1.64: All We Can Say Is "Wow"!
Checkers Has Been Solved
GUI Checkers: A Solid Entry
KingsRow Continues to Dig
KingsRow Digs Into the Last of the "Lost" 3-Move Ballots
Major Update to Program Reviews
New Release of KingsRow
Review of Blondie24
WCC Platinum Programs/Cake Manchester Databases Soon To Be Available