Checkers Links

 links and information about some old links,  I recommend reading it through sometime.

ACF American Checker Federation site

Matthew Kooshad Website - Draughts.Info - Great Site

Oklahoma Checker Association - Vic Habgood

Bob Newell Home Website

Bob Newell - The Checker Maven  GREAT CHECKER website... 

Checker Animations by Hans L’ Hoest. Another great study site and keeps getting better.  (good site closed)

Checkers Chest  by Steven Rapelje of Kalispell, MT   Another great information & history site with lots of enjoyable reading.

John's Checkers Material    (good site closed)

Arthur H Olsen website

Jim Loy's Checkersite  GREAT CHECKER website...

New for 2004 - Lees' Guide all 2,000+ games

Kear's Encyclopedia Online

Checkers Animated by Hans L'Hoest. This is a great study site with all the games and positions illustrated with checker animations... you just got to see it. 

Bob Podoff

Irish Draughts Association (IDA) formed in 1975 contact: Sean Phillips 

English Draughts Association (EDA)  they have Fortman’s “BC” Basic Checkers in e-book on this site. EDA Journal which is published quarterly. Please send membership fees to Mrs. J Caws, 54 Mayfield Road, Ryde, Isle Of Wight. $20 USA subscribers.

Checkers and Czech Checkers - WCDF Rating

Northern Ireland Draughts

Danish Draughts Federation

New Zealand Draughts Association (NZDA)

TE ARA: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Scottish Draughts Association

German Draughts Association

NorthWest Draughts Federation (NWDF - “Ireland”) formed 1998 contact: Hugh Devlin 

Lancashire Draughts Association John Reade of England - Lancashire Draughts 
Association Newsletter... LDA Newsletters are published bimonthly. Order from the editor: John Reade, or by ordinary mail at 123, Andover Avenue, Middleton, Manchester M241JQ. US subscribers pay $15.00 annually.

British International Draughts Association
For information on joining the or subscribing to their bimonthly publication, The New British Draughts Journal, contact: British Draughts Federation, 384a Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2QP United Kingdom or contact Mr. George Miller:  Their website is down and the last time I looked at it and it hasn’t been up dated since 1997.

Where to buy Checker Books:
Evelyn  Micallif  dgoodw9616@rogers.com  (send some money for postage)  Goodwin Book List
email Don Deweber
Checkers21@hotmail.com    

Project Gutenberg EBook - EBook of Chess and Checkers

“The Way to Mastership” by Edward Lasker 

“R.D. Yates Checker Player" by William Timothy Call 

Bits Draughts

Online Gaming Websites:
GoldToken - The Official Gaming Site of the ACF
GameColony
HigherGames
ItsYourTurn.com
PlayOk
Ludoteka
MSN Gaming Zone
Playsite
Pogo
Vinco Online Games
Yahoo! Games
 

Good Checker Game room site:
MSN Game Zone
Game Colony
Its Your Turn
International Suicide Checkers Association (ISCA) ( membership) 
ISCA NEWS

les de Jeux Dames

Playsite
Kurnik
VOG (Vinco Online Games)
Yahoo Games - Checkers 

Flipside

Case Ladder

Pogo

e-mail checkers

Mindsport
Extreme, Excite, The Game Channel, Wahoo, TVML, etc. are some others and all have good checkers gameroom sites, ZDNet-Net Checkers works with Virtual Places for Windows 3.x-95 (but just much trouble to run on later window versions ).

FMJD Federation Mondiale Du Jeu De Dames (World draughts federation)
The French World Federation is the international sport body uniting national draughts federations. FMJD is member of GAISF and strive to the Olympic recognition. Our strength is in the unity of draughts.

The World Championship Draughts - Amsterdam 2005   (October 6th -23rd)


Howard Gain, 221 Lannie Rowe Dr, Panama City, FL 32404 He is an older checker player, most good Major Players are old. He also sells a nice 3-Move Deck, but they are only the 137 Deck. He has a good checker website 
His New Website

Kenn Thompson Wynne, Arkansas Homesite (24 Problems & Solutions) and his newer site  (156 Problems & Solutions) Get an email daily checker problem and tell Kenn you want to subscribe to "Draughts Problem of the Day" Checker Links List that is part of this list he asked to publish on his website and is also HERE 

North Carolina Checker Association
Just in case you're lost at this point!

THE CHINOOK COMPUTER WEBSITE: Chinook by Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.  Also good site to read about AI and checker programming, his book “One Jump Ahead” There’s a lot of championship games posted and other checker information. You can also play checker on the Chinook, download the 6 piece endgame database with index code (8 piece). Several commercial computer checker program use his database. WCC, Sage 6000, Nexus 1999, Colossus, Wyllie 2.0, and of course Chinook.

This site is the unofficial MSN GameZone “Gaming Zone Newsletter” - Well at least the unofficial MSN Checkers King's Room newsletter Home website: They call it "Zone of Kings" or new url, Travis Weddle "Mr_Presley_" webmaster and Bavali Hill "Trickyblackcat" editor 

Checkers and Draught News Group: This is a checker news group by Google, good discussion about checkers in general. It has been around about 4 years and it seems that the European Draught Players use it more than we American Checker Players, that should be reversed. Maybe the word isn’t out or the name alt.games.draughts is the reason? 

Mike Grimminks site on English and 10x10 draughts, "Dragon Draughts" good technical programming information, resources, and links about PDN, AI, databases, file formats, IRC interface, AI of tactical positions, test tactical positions, etc. checker programming techniques and C source code of checker program, etc.

John Post his VOG Grandmaster site

John Acker site:  A 20 years old from Ohio.

boycott’s Yellow Pages - Enos (boycott) Flores is a frequent and good checker player on MSN GameZone Checkers - Kings - Good Website 

Move Over by Derek E. Oldbury 
This site is about all types and styles of checkers world-wide: If you like Move Over I have this illustrated much better in an adobe format with actual checkerboard so you don‘t have to relate to the old typewriter layout.

International Draught, English Checkers and so forth, over 150 checker programs discussed and various draught/checker links: These websites are some of the better checker programs:


Books, Publications, and Checkerboards: 

Bibliofind site, most prices seem high but they are probably originals & good condition books.  I have visited this site and seen their books but now this link seems to re-direct you back to Amazon.com or same books.

 Amazon.com has checker books Check out “Rare & Used Books” and look for the deals in Z-Shop 

addall.com recommended by Joe McClellan but I haven’t found anything there

e-Bay I’ve seen checker book, boards, checker set, collectibles, memorabilia, you name it... its there. You got to spend the time, but you can find a deal. <http://www.ebay.com/>

Barnes & Noble

Times Booksellers

Triplejump also has checker books and will help you find a book or sell some of your extra checker books. I like this site because it is a good champion checker source link and general store house of checker knowledge.

Dover Publications has a few checker books and a ton of chess books 

Yahoo Auctions I have not seen much here but its just like yard sales, you never know! 
 
Dr Robert L. Shuffett, Box E, Greensburg, KY 42743 has Checkers The Tinsley Way and World Class Checkers for $20 each and possibly both for $30. Robert was the financier of these publications and several other checker ventures.

Earl Hengen, 1141 Windsor Street, Reading, PA. 19604 has National Mail Play Directory 1990-1999 ID Games for $5 each This is the latest on moves and cooks on Mail-Play Barred Opening that will soon be added to the deck, but remember it also has errors too! Best $5 you can spend for the advanced checker player.


- 3Move Deck, Regulation Checkerboard and pieces are available from ACF Store Rodger Blaine is our ACF checker supply official. 


Crisloid  Lots of checker players use backgammon checkers for checker pieces.  Write Crisloid Inc., P.O. Box 2205, Providence, RI 02905-0205 and ask them for their catalogue (They no longer make boards or checkers or publish a catalogue. They will send you a yellow sales page with all their products, but it is limited in illustration and explanation of what you are buying.


Howard Gain, 221 Lannie Rowe Dr, Panama City, FL 32404  He has recorded a lot of tournaments on CD's and they are for sale.

Checker Fonts & board graphics
 
Arthur Olsen site: 

Alpine Fonts Edingburg Fonts 


PLACES TO VISIT ABOUT CHECKERS:

World of Checkers Museum...
Don Deweber, 3520 Hillcrest, Apt. 4, Dubuque, IA 52002 “Mr. Checkers” at 563-556-1944 would be a neat place to visit and talk checker trivia and discuss checker memorabilia. You should call for an appointment.

 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. See one of the oldest known English publications about checkers in the North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library. You will need to arrange an appointment to view it. "An Introduction to the game of Draughts" by William Payne published in 1756 London, England. 

All the below have this book: Cleveland Public Library,  Providence R. I. Public Library;  Library Company of Philadelphia, Yale has two copies, the Library of Congress has one or more copies, Northwestern Uni., Univ. of Illinois, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Princeton, Univ. of Nevada at Las Vegas, Brooklyn Public Library, Cornell, New York Public Library, Uni. of Rochester, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Toronto Public Library, Harvard, Cambridge Univ. in England, the Koninklije Bibliotheek and Stadsarchief en Athenaeumbibliotheek in the Netherlands .



Monthly Publications:
 
MCA Missouri Checker Association they sponsor tournaments and mailplay ty, also publish a monthly checker bulletin. Membership is $10 year. Send Dues to: Wilma Wolverton, 8505 S. Karr, Grain Valley, MO 64029

ACF American Checker Federation sponsors National GAYP and 3-Move Tournaments and their associate Districts and States sponsor Local, District, State, and Mail-Play Tys. $25 yearly membership ACF publishes a bi-monthly checker bulletin. Annual Dues: ACF Treasurer, Anthony Bishop, 5304 Barton Vale Court, Nashville, TN 37211

-British Draughts Federation: For information on joining the or subscribing to their bimonthly publication, The New British Draughts Journal, contact: British Draughts Federation, 384a Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2QP United Kingdom
or contact Mr. George Miller.  Their website is down and the last time I looked at it and 
it hasn’t been up dated since 1997.

John Reade of England - Lancashire Draughts Association Newsletter... 123 Andover Avenue, Middleton, Manchester M24 1JQ England This is a bimonthly Draughts Newsletter for $10 year. Special offer for 1st time members subscription 
12 issues for one fee. 2 years membership.  Lancashire Draughts Association 


 

Victor Niederhoffer - A brilliant financial + investment advisor... but dropped the ball several years back and lost it all, now on his way back up. He’s a smart fellow and has a love for chess and checkers... That alone should get a thumbs up from the Checkers Community. Here is his site and some of his interesting titles: Wiswell Proverbs & Words of Wisdom applied to life, finance, and investments. http://www.dailyspeculations.com/Letter/wiswell.htm         http://tigerchess.nigeldavies.net/wise_words.htm

 
Got a checker question? email me: jrsmith2@triad.rr.com A Checker Friend!


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