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HOW TO WIN
AT
CHECKERS
Fred Reinfeld
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Contents
1 Introduction to the Electronic Edition
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1.1
First Revision, February 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.2
Second Revision, June 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Introduction to the Original Edition
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3 Checker Fundamentals
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4 Winning Checker Tactics
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5 Spectacular Traps in the Opening
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5.1
Spectacular Traps 1: BRISTOL CROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.2
Spectacular Traps 2: KELSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.3
Spectacular Traps 3: KELSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.4
Spectacular Traps 4: KELSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.5
Spectacular Traps 5: KELSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.6
Spectacular Traps 6: DENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.7
Spectacular Traps 7: DENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.8
Spectacular Traps 8: DENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.9
Spectacular Traps 9: DENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.10 Spectacular Traps 10: CROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.11 Spectacular Traps 11: CROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.12 Spectacular Traps 12: SINGLE CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.13 Spectacular Traps 13: SINGLE CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.14 Spectacular Traps 14: SINGLE CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.15 Spectacular Traps 15: BRISTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6 How to Get a Good Game in the Opening
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6.1
. . . 9-13 (EDINBURGH) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.2
. . . 9-14 (DOUBLE CORNER) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.3
. . . 10-14 (DENNY) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.4
. . . 10-15 (KELSO) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.5
. . . 11-15 GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.6
. . . 11-16 (BRISTOL) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.7
. . . 12-16 (DUNDEE) GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7 How to Win in the Endgame
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7.1
Endgame 1: Two Kings vs. One King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.2
Endgame 2: First Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.3
Endgame 3: Three Kings vs. Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.4
Endgame 4: Three Kings vs. Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.5
Endgame 5: Three Kings vs. Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.6
Endgame 6: Second Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.7
Endgame 7: Three Kings vs. Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.8
Endgame 8: Third Position
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7.9
Endgame 9: Four Kings vs. Three Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.10 Endgame 10: Four Kings vs. Three Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.11 Endgame 11: Fourth Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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8 How to Draw “Lost” Positions 92
8.1 Drawn Game 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.2 Drawn Game 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.3 Drawn Game 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
8.4 Drawn Game 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
8.5 Drawn Game 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.6 Drawn Game 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.7 Drawn Game 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.8 Drawn Game 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.9 Drawn Game 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.10 Drawn Game 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8.11 Drawn Game 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.12 Drawn Game 12: Fourth Position (Without the Move) . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
8.13 Drawn Game 13: Fifth Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.14 Drawn Game 14: Payne’s Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.15 Drawn Game 15: Petterson’s Drawbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.16 Drawn Game 16: Roger’s Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
9 Appendix I – The Standard Laws of Checkers
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10 Appendix II – Variants of Checkers
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End-Notes
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1 Introduction to the Electronic Edition
1.1 First Revision, February 2011
Fred Reinfeld’s How to Win at Checkers has been published over the years in many editions
and formats, under many dierent titles. The copyright is expired and the work is now in the
public domain, and it since has made an appearance on the internet and elsewhere, generally
in something approximating its original form.
Mr. Reinfeld’s writing on checkers has long been underappreciated. Perhaps it is because
he was primarily a chess writer, the characteristics of which can easily be seen in his work
on checkers. But we believe that How to Win at Checkers is one of the most thorough
books for beginners ever published, and so it delights us to be able to put into circulation
this newly-typeset electronic edition, with clear diagrams and an easy-to-read layout, free of
charge, for the entertainment and tuition of checkerists around the world.
Applause and thanks go to the semi-anonymous “Mr. T.,” a California checker enthusiast who
did the scanning, interpretation, diagram-generation, and initial-draft editing and format-
ting, a di cult task involving many hours of eort. Mr. T greatly improved the readability
of the book by rearranging linear lists of moves and comments into tabular format.
Our special thanks go to Mr. Reinfeld’s heirs, Donald Reinfeld and Judith Reinfeld, for their
kind and generous permission to re-issue this book.
Thanks also to Dr. Matthias Kegelmann of Darmstadt University for the use of his beauti-
fully rendered diagram font.
We have made some changes to the original edition. (Given the many edits and reissues
throughout the history of this work, our idea of the “original edition” is the 1957 version.)
These changes are intended to improve the presentation and appearance of the book. We
have made no changes in content, but we have footnoted a few passages which require further
explanation or for which computer analysis shows the play to be in error. In so doing, we
show no disrespect for Mr. Reinfeld, who had no computers to assist him in his day. We
believe Mr. Reinfeld would have been the rst to ask that corrections be published; he was
unwavering in his pursuit of the truth. We have also substituted unnumbered diagrams for
numbered diagrams due to typesetting limitations and the wish to keep the diagrams clean
and crisp. The reader may instead, where necessary, make use of a numbered board.
We hope you enjoy and benet from this new edition. While we took great care with our
editing, errors are inevitable and we take sole responsibility for them. We welcome your
comments and errata; please email
HOWTOWINATCHECKERS@CHECKERMAVEN.COM
with your input.
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
February 18, 2011
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1.2 Second Revision, June 2012
Additional detailed errata supplied by Mr. George Hay of Grand Rapids, Michigan, have
been incorporated and a quirkly diagram typesetting issue has been corrected. Many thanks
to to Mr. Hay for his expert input.
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