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8th International Match Book Now Available
A Double Boomerang
A Graham Cracker
A New Book And A Great Quote
A Paisley Shocker
A Small Problem
A Souter Six-Shooter
A Study In Structure
Always Drink Water
Andy's Annihilator
Back to School, 2009
Bailey's Blackjack
Barker's Bounce
Basic Checkers, 2010 Edition
Basil's Bonanza
Blither's Advice
Boxology
Checkers 2006
Christie's Shot
Computer-Aided Checker Instruction
Deans' Position
Ferrie's Flourish
First Issue of Draughts Razoo Now Available Online
Grant vs. M'Guire
Great Men Like Checkers
Head's Redeemer
Heffner and Price
Henderson's Shot
Horsefall's Stroke
How to Beat Granddad at Checkers
Hynd's Hedgehopper
In the Hedges
Jacob's Jinx
Key Endings
Key Themes Is Now Available
Martins' Masterpiece
McCullough's Draw
McIndoe's Slingshot
Merry - Strickland
Monty's King-Pinch
Negative Second Position
Not Quite PC
On the Edge
One Thousand and Four
Overlooked by Mail
Quigley's Rule
Reed's Rattler
Review Your Work
Russell's Crocodile
Ryan's Bell Ringer
Scott's Scorcher
Second Position
Shearer's Cleaver
Similar But Not Quite The Same
Sixth
Sixth Position
Small, Square, Two Inches of Ivory
Strickland's Draw
Symmetry
Tangled Skeins
The Big Squeeze
The Legendary Tinsley
The Noble Vine
The Paisley Pickle Barrel
The Pied Piper's Fife
The Steel Stroke
The Triplets
The Varsity Team
Thirkell's Folly
Three of a Kind
Tommy Meets Marvin
Tonkin
Typesetting Problem Causes Release Delay
Uncle Ben's Porch: Back To School
Uncle Ben's Porch: Cookies and Checkers
Uncle Ben's Porch: Tommy Goes to Brooklyn
Uncle Ben's Porch: Tommy's Tryout
What Happened to "Let's Play Checkers"?
Willie's Windmill
Win or Draw? It's Fifty-Fifty!
Workman's Whizzbang
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
Atomic Marvin
Block Construction
Did Marvin Blow The Game?
Did Marvin Blow the Game? (Conclusion)
Draughts on a Winter's Eve
Fourth of July Picnic
Marvin Visits Manchester
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
3-Move World Championship Scheduled
5th Anniversary Edition
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
Downsizing
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
King Me! The Movie
Konane Kane
La Reina de Damas en Mexico
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!
Marvin's World
Moving Day
Mr. Bill Edwards: Grandmaster from Wales
News From the CSi BBS
One Year Old!
Our New Santa Fe Offices
Publication Calendar
Relocation Complete!
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?
Software Upgrade
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 Online Museum of Checkers History
The Passing of a Legend
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 Now Four Years Old
We're Open for Business
What's Your Excuse?
What's on the Tube?
Who is Your Favorite Checker Book Author?
Problems
4th of July Special
A Bit of a Break --- for Coffee and Cake?
A Bit Too Advanced
A Checker Author, Too
A Checker Hutzler
A Cross Loss
A Crowd Scene
A Friendly Sitting
A Gentle Stroke
A Good Start
A Holiday Puzzler
A January Warmup
A Little Deceiver
A Little Lighter
A Little More Practical, Well, Maybe
A May Day Problem
A Midnight Encounter
A Mighty Forest
A Not-So-Mysterious Stranger
A Paisley Problem
A Plethora of Names
A Pretty Slip (Shot)
A Prize Problem - Well, Kind Of
A Real Eye-Popper
A Real Fooler
A Real Mind-Boggler
A Real-Life Checker Problem
A Rush of Cold Air
A Simple Little Fellow
A Startling Reverse
A Summer of Checkers
A Thanksgiving Feast
A Tommie Wiswell Saturday Bonus!
A Wiswell Doubleheader
Ace in the Hole
All Ahead Full
All In A Row
Always Read the Fine Print
An Afternoon at Benny's: Newark, 1946
An August Stroke
An Interesting Combination
Another Two Not So Easy Pieces
April Showers
Are You Faster Than the World Champion?
At the Stroke of Midnight
Autumn is Coming On Fast
Avoidance Maneuver
Baseball Season: The Horror Of It All
Bastille Day Fireworks
Be a PAL
Beat the Heat
Beeswax Block Buster
Believe It Or Don't
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
Checkers in Hawai`i
Coffee and Cake
Cornered
Crime Does Not Pay
Croon in June
Dead-End Duffers
Demolition
Different Strokes
Dog Days of Summer
Double Barreled Action
Double Crossing
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
Faster, Cheaper, Better
Fifth Reprise: Two Easy Pieces
Fifty Years of Composing
Fine Summer Days
Finishing the Job
Fore!
Fourth Of July Race
Good Mental Gymnastics
Happy Birthday America
Happy Holidays 2009
Happy Holidays to All
Happy New Year 2010
Hard? Hardly!
Have It Your Way
Hefter's Triple Play
Hidden Beauty on a Draughtsboard
Holiday Magic
Hopeless
How Fast Can You See?
In Like a Lion
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
Labor Day Race, 2009
Life Is Full of Tough Choices
Look Before You Leap
March Speedsters
Marvin Returns to St. Louis
Marvin's New Year's Eve Exhibition
Masterpiece
Maybe Not Quite A Speed Problem
Mayday 2010
Mayday! Mayday!
Minority Rules
Neatly Trapped
New PDN Files Available
No Work Today: A Midweek Bonus Problem
Not Too Tough
Oh My Goodness
Oldies But Goodies
Once Again to Knighton
Once More Around the Block
One for New Year's Eve
Our Second Anniversary: Let's Have Coffee and Cake!
Perpetual Motion
Playing Hardball
Playing Like A Robot
Position Beats Possession
Pretty Complex, But ....
Professor, What's Your Opinion On This?
Reid's Rocker
Remarkable, Indeed
Roybn's Fast Shots
Rush Hour
Rustic Charm
Saving the Game
School Bells Ring, and Children Sing ...
Secret Hideaway
Send in the Marines
Showdown in Abilene
Simple Elegance
Smaller Than Life
So What, and Big Deal
Some Good Exercise
Speed Department
Speeding Into Spring
Speedy Delivery
Springing Into Spring
Sturges the Great
Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving: Time for Coffee and Cake
The 'Masked Man' Returns for March
The 4-Stroke
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 Fastest Month
The Goose Walk
The Grandmaster Gem --- Solved!
The Lancashire Checker Newsletter
The Last of the Masked Men
The Leaves Fall Quickly in the Fall
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
Tina and Joey
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
Two Parts from Denvir
Two-Fisted Checkers
Uncle Ben's Porch
Uncle Ben's Porch: An Argument with Mom
V for Victory
Valentine's Day Celebration
Wednesday is 'Anything Can Happen Day'
Welcome to Checker School
Welcoming the New Year
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?
Winter Speedster
With Deliberate Speed
X the Unknown
Yet Two More Easy Pieces
You'll Get A Kick Out Of This
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
Checkersland
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