An Old 14th variation that leads to a fantastic finish!

[@eugenehechler8608]

a six piece jump would come close to destroying me ,it would make you want to quit checkers for a few days. great to see you posting again.

[@azcheckers]

Thank you, and yes, I agree it would be tough to recover! But sometimes the best lessons are learned through losses.

[@allsportsanalysis5247]

That was great Mr Ryan. Am a good player but never saw the 6_ piece capture.

[@abdulmalikrufai2837]

8:55 white will win the game, because the 15-11 is a wrong move, the correct way is 15-10 then pressing 2-6 the game will be over for red. That’s what I see thank you Ryan for improving my level

[@azcheckers]

Great analysis! Yes, 15-10 might be the better pitch first, followed by 2-6 as you mentioned. Red will have the stronger end game after the 24-27 exchange to bring its red toward the center of the board. A good position for analysis for sure!

[@ConspiratorialReport]

Thank you!

[@DimebagDerekS]

Nice stuff Ryan.

[@GaryPollard-o3c]

Very nice, Strange thing is Hugh and myself were just talking about the Old 14th last night. Coincidence.

[@azcheckers]

I am not surprised! It's a great opening and enjoyed by all classes of players -- from the beginner all the way to the grandmaster!

[@kashmir352]

Wow master thank you so much

[@Sheilawisz]

Killer shot, that's what I call these! Beside the depth, I think they are even harder to do, because you have to accurately see a position in which there will be five or more enemy pieces, and you need them at the exact right places since you are going to blast them all with a single final super jump. Any miscalculation, and the whole thing turns against you. This is the kind of stuff that blows people's minds, and jaws drop as they witness the true magic of checkers. I wish European players saw this. Checkers is probably the best style in the entire draughts family.

[@azcheckers]

I think these kinds of tactical sequences opens a lot of eyes to how special this game can be. I think that is a major misconception within the draughts community that English checkers is primarily a positional game. While that may be true to some degree, there are still many beautiful tactical combinations that can be created and executed to outrageous effect.

[@Sheilawisz]

@@azcheckers Indeed, checkers is a more solid game in my view. Like Tinsley said, in checkers you have more opening game and endgame too, while in pool and shashki, it's mostly mid game, and landing a good hit can instantly doom your opponent way before any endgame can develop. I am so used to death lines in shashki, but in checkers, playing your kings well is so hard and so important too. Never underestimate checkers kings. They may not fly, but they are deadly little monsters!

[@gustavoalvarado3231]

That was sweet

[@yutech2091]

Am learning a lot from your video, but the problem is that, in my country we are playing with flying king, that is where problems arises but from the start to midgame I learned from you , and for end game is big problem to me

[@azcheckers]

Thanks for watching and glad to hear you are learning! Yes, I only cover American checkers / English draughts, which does not have a flying king. The end game is certainly different! There are several other KZbin channels out there that cover variations that include flying kings.

[@yutech2091]

@@azcheckers thanks , can you give me the link to that channels,the best channels like this one

[@azcheckers]

@@yutech2091 Yes, of course! I can recommend both www.youtube.com/@lvlJanicki and www.youtube.com/@filipkareta2488 They are both great channels which feature flying king endings.

[@aliasumani3001]

Tnx

[@aliasumani3001]

More fire, bring to us

[@cliffgn2396]

Hello Ryan... Great analysis as always.. I want to share a game with you today.. It is a natural loss in the single corner opening and i have seen players of every class fall for this natural gameplay trap. White will start 11-15 and red will reply 22-18 (natural loss for red) After the exchanges follows 8-11, 29-25, 4-8, 25-22, 12-16, 24-20(common gameplay), 8-12, 27-24, 10-14, 24-19, 7-10, 28-24 (32-27 is much better, not natural to many), 3-7, 32-28(threatening a 2 for 1), 9-13, 18-9 5-14, 22-18, 13-17, 18-9 6-13, 21-14 10-17, 26-22, 17-26 31-22, red is now very weak, 7-10, 30-25, 2-6, 25-21, 1-5, 22-28, 6-9. From here it is a losing position for red. I will provide the much better 32-27 variation ( for red)

[@azcheckers]

Thank you very much for sharing! The Single Corner is arguably one of the most popular, if not the most popular opening in all of unrestricted checkers. You have provided some insightful and great analysis!

[@cliffgn2396]

@@azcheckers Thank you very much Ryan. I now realize my error. I forgot that in american/ british checkers it is red that makes the first move. So that the gameplay is a natural loss for white and not red.

[@azcheckers]

​@@cliffgn2396 I should also note that there are many variants of checkers in which white does begin first. There are several traps in the variation you provided -- it's easy for both sides to make a mistake!

[@kashmir352]

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