Scientific Checkers Made Easy - A Simplified Guide For The Beginner And An Up-To-Date Manual For The Advanced Player

William F. Ryan

• Publisher: Orth Press
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447494102
• Print ISBN:
  9781446520451

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Willie Ryan, “The Bronx Comet”
• Introduction
• Standard Laws of the Checker Game
• Summarization
• Instructions for the Beginner
• A Master’s Advice to Beginners
• Principles of the Game
• The Ten Major Positions in Scientific Checkers
• Identical Positions, With Solutions
• What a Whale of a Difference One Move Can Make
• Selected Problem Studies
• Looking ’Em Over
• Wood’s Problem Gems
• Glossary of Checker Terms