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Unoffocial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #40. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results August is a good month. Since Contest 34 in August 2017, no contest attracted more votes than this one. The winner was 61-move Rainbow's End, by Bill Salot. It gathered 10 of the 21 votes from among 259 visitors. Lloyd Gordon (Canada), Slava Gorin (Russia), George Hay and Kathy Wirthwein voted for it. An ingenious retreating move brought 7 votes and 2nd place to Candy Out of Nothing, by first-timer, Igor Martynov (multiple times Champion of Germany). Gary Ellison and Wilma Wolverton voted for it. Third, with 3 votes was More Modern, by Jim Loy, a subtle correction of a 48-year old setting by old master, S. J. Pickering. Non-voter Alex Moiseyev found a dual solution at the 7th move, and said the problem should be disqualified. It will not be disqualified because the correction occurred before the 7th move and deserves to be recognized. Liam Stephens (Ireland) voted for it, breaking his 7-Contest streak of correct winner-picking. Ocean View, by the famous G. H. Slocum (1855-1914), got 4th place, with one vote. It was by Gene Ellison. The problem title honors the weekly newspaper, Chicago Inter Ocean, in which the problem appeared on 4/29/1900, the one and only time the problem was published, until this contest. The problem is disqualified by that prior publication, and Slocum continues to come up empty. In a rare switch, our two most accomplished active composers, and winners of the last 3 contests, trailed. Last minute entries, Last Chance, by Roy Little, and Just Off the Press, by Ed Atkinson, each received zero votes. You can bet it won't happen again. Taking over 1st place on the active Problem Evaluation Ladder is Lloyd Gordon (Canada) with 3 winners picked in 3 tries (100%); falling to 2nd is Liam Stephens (Ireland) with 7 winners in 8 tries (87%); rising to 3rd is Kathy Wirthwein with 3 winners in 5 tries (60%); falling to 4th is Gene Ellison with 4 winners in 7 tries (57%). 15 others are at 50% or less. The contest was originally introduced as follows: Good, practical, original, unpublished 3x3s are relatively difficult to compose. The small number of pieces limits the number of possible new ideas. Nevertheless, six composers are defying the odds by entering 3x3 problems in Contest 40. One of them is the famous George H. Slocum. Only four of the previous 39 contests involved that many competing composers. Take advantage of the opportunity to see some new twists here. 3x3s are difficult to judge. We need your votes in order to determine the best composition and its Unofficial World Champion Composer. Votes will also determine the best problem evaluators via the ladder of Judges. Just solve the problems or play out the animations, and vote for the 3x3 that impressed you most. If you wish, you can climb onto the evaluation ladder before the contest closes. You are also welcome to try your hand at competitive problem composing against some of the world's best. Just e-mail your vote or your original, unpublished problem to the address below the diagrams. |
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