Analyzing the Second Double Corner opening: instructional points from start to finish!

[@dinbakar6352]

Beautiful!!!!

[@reedthompson8365]

Fascinating game! At 4:06, it seems that instead of the losing move 30-26, White is O.K. after either 22-17 or 31-26. M. E. Pomeroy, playing Black in this game, punished 30-26 with great accuracy, and the end of the game is quite beautiful. One confusing thing is the status of the world championship at this time. According to Wikipedia's "World Checkers/Draughts Championship" page (and its reference 1), Alfred Jordan was the world checker champion from 1912 to 1917, preceded by James Ferrie and succeeded by Newell Banks. But according to the book "Checkers: Pomeroy-Jordan World's Championship Match Games," this game was round 39 of a 50-game match for the world championship in September 1914; Pomeroy won the match by a score of 3 games to 0 with 45 draws (the final two games not played as Jordan was three points behind). So, how is it that Pomeroy isn't listed as a world champion? If he won the championship from Jordan in 1914, does that call into question Newell Banks's championship reign from 1917 to 1922, which I assume began with a victory over Jordan?

[@azcheckers]

Hello, and thank you very much for the comment! I can certainly clarify the world championship (as I agree, there is confusion!). I think the WCDF is going back and retroactively granting titles, as the organization was only created in the early 2000s. The world championship matches played by Jordan when he was champion (1912-1917) were played under the 2-move format. There is a separate designation for unrestricted (GAYP) world championship titles, and that continues to this day. By default, calling someone a world champion would assume the 3-move (or in Jordan's era, 2-move) championship. I hope that helps!

[@thomasengel1459]

Gorgeous. I’ve drawn or lost similar endgame position too many times as red.

[@azcheckers]

Hi Thomas! It can be really difficult without knowing or seeing these ideas in action, so hopefully you can start to use them in your own games going forward!

[@kamelnurdin6196]

Excellent keep up the Good job...Very interesting

[@azcheckers]

Thank you very much! There are several other games between these two players from both the 1913 and 1914 world championship matches that lead to some very interesting play! Game 50 in particular from the 1913 match is one I might highlight soon!

[@cliffgn2396]

Beautiful stuff. That endgame play from red was ruthless. Always great to see a video from you. Have a great day

[@azcheckers]

Thank you for the kind words! It was a master-class finish for sure, filled with many great instructional and practical ideas!

[@kashmir352]

Excellent ❤

[@azcheckers]

Thank you!

[@fredrickodhiambo4982]

Thanks for analysing my game, I have learned much

[@azcheckers]

It's a very good opening, and I am glad to hear you are still using it to great effect!

[@nadirbaloch4499]

Very nice end. Im empress

[@azcheckers]

Pomeroy certainly did a masterful job, and the smother finish was the icing on the cake!

[@kashmir352]

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[@fredrickodhiambo4982]

Anyway I am watching your video from Kenya ( country of Crispin odhiambo)

[@azcheckers]

That's fantastic! Hopefully he will be able to play in the next world championship qualifier (in Germany this year, I believe)!

[@rajabusaid7129]

Hello AZ CHECKERS! My name is RAJABU Said from Tanzania. I like to play checker game but I'm not good enough to win games against opponents. I need to study checker so that I can play and win against opponents. Can you help me?

[@cliffgn2396]

AZ checkers specializes only on american/British checkers variation. It is different from Tanzania checkers because there are no flying kings in american checkers. However you can improve your gameplay massively by watching his videos, the same way I did (I play Tanzanian checkers too). The traps videos are mostly helpful to improve your opening play prowess. You can further improve through practice, analyzing your games and learning from your mistakes. There is no easy way to checker mastery, but with determination you will surely get there.

[@rajabusaid7129]

@@cliffgn2396 Thank you

[@yutech2091]

Rajab nicheki tuongee , Niko vizur,

[@azcheckers]

​@@cliffgn2396 Thank you very, very much for this message! I receive feedback regularly from players requesting content for different variants of checkers. Although my focus is only on American / British checkers and draughts, I do believe there can be some lessons and takeaways that can be used in other checkers variants. You saying that there are some videos on this channel that would be helpful to those who play Tanzania checkers is extremely valuable and confirms my belief, and it's something I can let others know as well. Thank you again!!

[@azcheckers]

Thank you for watching, Rajabu! As @cliffgn2396 mentioned, there are videos on this channel (openings / traps) that may prove helpful as you study Tanzania checkers. However, the end game is quite different (no flying kings in the variant I cover), but you still may benefit from other tactical videos I provide. Good luck in your studies!