International checkers world records (4)
31. Games with pieces (white) on 6 and 15, (black) 36 and 45 |
White: M. Dolfing - Black: J. Wit (Nijmegen, The Netherlands 1993)
White: B. Bies - Black: G. Boom (Championship of The Netherlands, 1998)
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32. Most played move (or ply) in the beginning of the game |
32-28. |
33. Rarest move (or ply) in the beginning of the game |
32-27. |
34. Most played move (or ply) for black after 1. 32-28 |
19-23. |
35. Rarest complete first move (white&black) |
1. 31-27,
16-21; and also 1.
32-27, 16-21; Not so
surprising: black looses immediately a piece. |
36. International draughts player who insisted in the same first move. |
Maybe Piet van Heerde (The Netherlands). Nearly 99% of his 'white' games he started with 32-28. |
37. Opening combination that made (and makes) the most victims. |
The
move of
Lochtenberg.
But 10-14 is in draughts history the second played move (21-26 is the most played). Totally 79 players played 10-14 and only 2 white players missed the combination. |
38. Stongest player who was victim of the move of Lochtenberg |
Nina Hoekman-Jankovskaja (once second in Ladies World Championship) in a game against Dieter van Gortel. But the player with black didn't won the game (draw). |
39. Highest level with the elementary 'Haarlemmer' move on the second move. |
Challenge
Mondial (=candidates
tournament for the world championship) 1962. L. Reimann - A. Agliardi.
Game: 1. 33-28, 18-22; 2. 39-33, 23-29. But Agliardi couldn't win with two
pieces more. |
40. Strongest player who was victim of 1. 32-28, 18-23; 2. 33-29, 23x32; 3. 37x28, 16-21; 4. 39-33??, . . . |
Frans
Hermelink in 1991
against Alex den Doop (both players from The Netherlands). |