2-Move Ballot Restrictive Openings  

Statistical speaking the 2-Move Ballot Restrictive Checker Openings yield a number of permutations of n distinct objects is "n factorial" 7x7=49 random openings; however, three openings 9-14 21-17, 10-14 21-17, & 12-16 23-19 are loses and therefore excluded from the deck.  The 2-Move Ballot preceded the 3-Move Ballot some 40 years, back in the American Checker Association era. The 1934 - 8th ACA 3-Move in Jamestown, NY was the 1st National Ty where 3-Move Restriction was used. The Red opponent may funnel all 2-Move Openings into a 3-Move opening on his third move.  The flexibility of choosing one of possibly several 3-Move Openings could be considered an advantage over just playing the 3-Move 156 deck because Red may choose to play a tuff Red advantage opening like 9-14 23-18 14-23 G on M “The Double Cross” aka “Dreaded Double Cross” aka “Boojum” or 11-16 23-19 16-23 L on D “The Black Widow” which is a forced red advantage opening and dodge strong White advantage games.  

  1. 9-13, 21-17

  2. 9-13, 22-17

  3. 9-13, 22-18

  4. 9-13, 23-18

  5. 9-13, 23-19

  6. 9-13, 24-19

  7. 9-13, 24-20

  8. 9-14, 22-17

  9. 9-14, 22-17

  10. 9-14, 22-18

  11. 9-14, 23-18

  12. 9-14, 23-19

  13. 9-14, 24-19

  14. 9-14, 24-20

  15. 10-14, 21-17

  16. 10-14, 22-17

  17. 10-14, 22-18

  18. 10-14, 23-18

  19. 10-14, 23-19

  20. 10-14, 24-19

  21. 10-14, 22-20

  22. 10-15, 21-17

  23. 10-15, 22-17

  24. 10-15, 22-18

  25. 10-15, 23-18

  26. 10-15, 23-19

  27. 10-15, 24-19

  28. 10-15, 24-20

  29. 11-15, 21-17

  30. 11-15, 22-17

  31. 11-15, 22-18

  32. 11-15, 23-18

  33. 11-15, 23-19

  34. 11-15, 24-19

  35. 11-15, 24-20

  36. 11-16, 21-17

  37. 11-16, 22-17

  38. 11-16, 22-18

  39. 11-16, 23-18

  40. 11-16, 23-19

  41. 11-16, 24-19

  42. 11-16, 24-20

  43. 12-16, 21-17

  44. 12-16, 22-17

  45. 12-16, 22-18

  46. 12-16, 23-18

  47. 12-16, 23-19

  48. 12-16, 24-19

  49. 12-16, 24-20

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