Checkers for the 3-Move Expert (Balanced Ballots)

It was the great Maurice Chamblee, writing in his brilliant Checkers and the Experts, who lamented the lack of a coordinated teaching programme in checkers. Obviously the goal of Logical Checkers and Complete Checkers is to fill that void, and it will be left to readers to decide the extent to which I have been successful. While seeking to provide a comprehensive programme, it is certainly not my intention to discourage readers from exploring the fascinating, and vast, literature of checkers. On the contrary, I very much hope they will feel encouraged to do so. Initially however, they may find this field rather daunting. Partly this is because of the 1000-plus books which have been produced, only a minority are of the highest quality; partly it is because of these, most of the authors leave their moves to do the talking. While this is fine once a player has achieved expert status, it is hardly ideal in the early stages of his development.