With today's column The Checker Maven reaches 21 years of on-time no-fail weekly publication. We modestly think that's quite an achievement, especially as at the outset we only had planned on 10 years. While we can't say how much longer we'll continue due to issues of age, health, and eyesight, for the moment we're planning to carry on. We greatly enjoy bringing you the adventures of Sal and Marvin and Tommy and all their supporting characters and we are pleased to promote the game of checkers as best we can.

Our readers, of course, are who make this all possible. We appreciate each and every visit to our site. Without readers, there would be little purpose, and while our readership has declined with the unfortunate decline of interest in the game, we're still proud to have over 1,000 weekly visitors.

And now, on to the 22nd year!