White's win is a great and beautiful surprise: 31-26! 32-27 2-6
27-31 6-9 31-22 9-13 4-8 28-24 8-11 24-19 WW.Return to my Checkers pages
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This game was called Wiswell's Swindle, as he wins in an ending position, the diagram, which looks dead drawn. It is from Wiswell's Checkers in Ten Lessons.
Bobby Martin - Tom Wiswell
9-14 22-17 11-16 25-22 16-19 24-15 10-19
23-16 12-19 17-10 6-15 (the Double Corner Dyke) 27-24 5-9 22-18 (21-17 seems to
be more popular) 15-22 24-15 9-13 26-17 13-22 30-25 2-6 25-18 7-10 32-27 10-19
18-14 3-7 29-25 1-5 25-22 6-9 22-18 19-23 21-17 23-32 17-13 7-11 13-6 11-15
18-11 8-15 6-2 15-18 2-6 18-22 6-10 22-25 10-15 25-30 15-18 30-25 14-10 5-9
10-7 9-13 18-14 25-21 7-2 13-17? (4-8 draws, Wiswell) [diagram]
White's win is a great and beautiful surprise: 31-26! 32-27 2-6
27-31 6-9 31-22 9-13 4-8 28-24 8-11 24-19 WW.
On the right, we see a famous ending with the same winning idea: 6-2 (or 6-1) 24-27 2-6 27-31 6-9 31-22 9-13 WW. Undoubtedly, Wiswell was familiar with that ending. I found it in Hester's Defiance.