Unofficial World Championship Checker Problem Composing Contest #3
2012-03-22 through 2012-04-22
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We have a tie!

The ACF Website would like to congratulate
V. J. Parrot, the composer of V. J. #4 and
Roy Little, the composer of Similarities
who have tied with 15 votes.
It is a Tie! We have two (2) new Unofficial World Co-Champion Checker Problem Composers who will reign together until the close of the next contest. A new record 40 votes were cast, which exceeds the participation in some major crossboard tournaments.

The electronic tally shows 15 votes for Similarities, by Mr. Roy Little, the well-known, 75-year-old, master player from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and 15 votes for V. J. #4, by Mr. V. J. Parrot, who calls himself the quiet man from nowhere. Both of these gentlemen spent weeks fine-tuning these entries. Both are computerless composers. Neither winner cast a vote.

All the Same, by Bill Salot, who was armed with a computer program and a vote, still trailed, garnering only 10 votes. He claims computers are poor composers.

Similarities was so named because it bears a resemblance to an earlier unpublished version by Mr. Little. It combined several excellent ideas into a single distinguished problem: a direct press, an attacking pitch, an in-and-out maneuver, a deferred stroke, and a delicate 2x2 ending.

V. J. #4 was so named because it was the fourth attempt by the mysterious V. J. Parrot to optimize his big block theme. He confidently settled on a series of four unlikely pitches.

Before the contest, Messrs. Parrot and Salot discussed different settings leading to a big block, but could not agree on the one best. Salot favored the single four-way pitch in All the Same. They decided to settle the matter by entering both settings in the contest. Mr. Parrot proved his point.
V. J. #4
Composed By: V. J. Parrot
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk11 7 (or 22 18 first), 10-3, 2 6 (or 22 18 first), 1-10, * 22 18, 13-22, *18 15, 10-19, *27 23, 19-26, *16 11White Wins
All the Same
Composed By: Bill Salot
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*13 9 (not 14 9 or 7 2), 6-13, *10 6, 1-17ABC, *32 27, 3-19, *27 23, 19-26, *5 1, 4-8, *1 6, 8-11, *6 10, 11-16, *10 15, 16-20, *15 19White Wins
AIf 1-19, *32 27, 3-17, SameWhite Wins
BIf 3-17, *32 27, 1-19, SameWhite Wins
CIf 3-19, *32 27, 1-17, SameWhite Wins
Similarities
Composed By: Roy Little
Current Votes:
White to move. White Wins
Trunk*21 17, 18-9, *17 13, 9-14, *31 27, 24-31, *11 7, 31-22, *7 2, 14-7, 2 25, 4-8, *25 22, 8-11, *22 18, 11-7, *18 14, 7-2, *13 9, 2-7, *9 6, 7-11, 14 10 (14 18, 11-7, *18 14 wastes time), 11-16, *10 15, 16-20, *15 19White 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.