checkers64 - EastPoint
Casual Game, 15.06.2002

1.c3-d4 d6-c5 2.b2-c3 f6-g5 3.c3-b4 b6-a5 4.b4:d6 c7:c3 5.d2:b4 a5:c3 6.c1-b2 a7-b6 7.b2:d4 b6-a5 8.g3-f4 g5-h4 9.h2-g3 d8-c7 10.a1-b2 c7-b6 11.f4-e5 b8-a7 12.g3-f4 e7-f6 13.d4-c5! Fantastic idea - though the 2-7 move was quite strong

[ 13.e1-d2 b6-c5
[ 13...h6-g5 14.f4:h6 f8-e7 15.h6:d6 b6-c5 16.e5:g7 h8:f6 17.d4:b6 ]
[ 13...f8-e7 14.d2-c3 f6-g5 ( 14...b6-c5 15.d4:b6 a5:c7 16.a3-b4 f6:d4 17.e3:c5+= ) 15.a3-b4 g7-f6 16.e5:g7 h6:f8 17.f4:h6 f8-g7 18.h6:d6 b6-c5 19.d4:b6 a7:c1 20.e3-d4 ]
14.d4:b6 a7:c5 15.d2-c3 f6:d4 16.c3:e5 f8-e7 17.b2-c3 ]
13...f6:d4 14.b2-c3 d4:b2 15.a3:c1 b6:d4 16.e3:c5 for a single piece black have a dramatically better position f8-e7 17.f2-e3 g7-f6 18.e3-d4 f6-g5 19.d4-e5! Another brilliant move - break through the center, with all own king squares guarded
[ 19.e1-d2 was also fantastically strong - but 15-18 was such a beauty! g5:e3 20.d2:f4 h8-g7 21.c1-d2 g7-f6 22.g1-f2 f6-g5 23.d2-e3 e7-f6 24.f4-e5 a7-b6 25.c5:a7 a5-b4 26.e5:g7 h6:f8 ]
19...g5:e3 20.e5-d6 e7-f6 21.e1-f2 h6-g5 22.f2:d4 g5-f4 23.d6-c7 f4-g3 24.c1-d2 g3-h2 25.d2-e3 h8-g7 26.c5-b6 a7:c5 27.d4:b6 a5-b4 28.b6-a7 b4-a3 29.a7-b8 a3-b2 30.b8-a7 b2-c1 31.e3-d4 f6-g5 32.c7-d8 g5-f4 33.d8-a5 f4-g3 34.a5-d2 c1:c5 35.a7:h8 g3-f2 36.g1:e3 h2-g1 37.h8-d4 g1-h2 Eastpoint masterfully defended the ending to the draw - but what a fantastic game it was! 1-1

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