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This contest page has been viewed 214 times by 109 unique visitors.
The late Roy Little ran away with another Win. His White Cross diagram and dual stroke collected 7 votes, including votes by Gary Ellison, George Hay, Don Myles, and Liam Stephens (Ireland). Second with 2 votes was Big Dipper diagram and 2x2 finish by Bill Salot. Lloyd Gordon (Canada) and Igor Martynov (Germany) voted for it. The late Ed Atkinson’s 3 contest winning streak was broken. His H. diagram, deferred Zugzwang, and finishing stroke trailed with no votes. The contest had 109 visitors, 9 of whom voted.
The International Voters’ Ladder now stands as follows (Changes are in italics):
1. Don Myles, 8 wins in 12 tries (67%)
2. Liam Stephens (Ireland), 19 wins in 33 tries (57.6%)
3. George Hay, 20 wins in 35 tries (57.1%)
4. Kathy Wirthwein, 15 wins in 27 tries (56%)
5. Gene Ellison, 11 wins in 23 tries (48%)
6. Wilma Wolverton, 6 wins in 13 tries (46%)
7. Lloyd Gordon (Canada), 13 wins in 30 tries (43%)
8. Slava Gorin (Russia), 11 wins in 26 tries (42%)
9. Gary Ellison, 5 wins in 14 tries (36%)
Eighteen (18) others have either picked fewer than 36% winners or voted in fewer than 9 contests.
Problems are sometimes touted as the artistic side of checkers. In this contest you will be seeing double the art: first, clear images formed by the checkers as they are initially placed on the board, and second, good, original, unpublished, artistic, winning solutions. If their counterintuitive moves are too hard for you to find, please play their animations, and cast your vote for the one you find most artistic overall. If you divulge your vote via e-mail to wjsalot@comcast.net, we’ll compare your skills on the free International Ladder of voters that accompanies the results of every contest. If you want to contribute your own original, unpublished, checker problem for use in a future contest, please send it to the same address.
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