Checkers Links

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

ACF American Checker Federation site

Bob Newell Home Website

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

e-mail checkers

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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