Champion checkers player William F. Ryan (1907-1954), known as "The Bronx Comet," provides strategies and tips for successful checkers game play in this informative book. Ryan won the American Championship in 1946, the World Championship in 1949, and the world's first blindfold tournament. Checkers is an easy game to learn, but holds its rightful place as one of the oldest and intellectually challenging board games in the world.

Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals

Improve your game with tips from the former Unrestricted World Checker Champion! More than 100 detailed questions and answers discuss basic principles, standard openings and end games, and other maneuvers.

This book shows the logic behind these 101 brilliant strategies in checkers. Divided into beginning, middle, and endgame tactics, this great book of checker challenges will hone your skills and your analytic powers. Each puzzle showcases a different board layout, with a description of what's happening: for example, "Black Flabbergasts White" reveals that very early in the contest, Black is about to make a move that will assure almost instant victory.

Learn the skills and strategies to play the game of checkers like a champion.