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Andres Segovia, pictured above in a photo from 1962, was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and the man responsible for re-establishing the guitar as a serious instrument for the playing of classical and other music. As a teacher, he said that technique either advances or retreats but never stays the same.

In our game of checkers, you might possibly say the same thing. We want our checker technique to advance but if we neglect practice and play it's bound to retreat. So along these lines (of advancement) we present today's Checker School problem, which demonstrates the technique of visualization. It's from a game played long ago by Jordan in a match between England and Scotland, as found in Andrew Banks' electic book, Checker Board Strategy.

WHITE

BLACK
Black to Play and Win

B:WK10,K11,17,28,30:B12,16,19,K23,26

Apply your best checker technique to this one and see if you can win it. Then apply your mouse-clicking technique to Read More to see the solution.

Solution

This is quite pretty:

26-31* 11x20 12-16* 20x11 19-24* 28x19 23x21 Black Wins.

Did you get this one? Technique improves and is maintained with practice!

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