2-Move Ballot Restrictive Openings
Statistical speaking the 2-Move Ballot Restrictive Checker Openings yield a
number of permutations of n distinct objects is "n factorial" 7x7=49 random
openings; however, three openings 9-14 21-17, 10-14 21-17, &
12-16 23-19 are losses and therefore excluded from the deck, making 46
acceptable openings. The 2-Move
Ballot preceded the 3-Move Ballot some 40 years, back in the American Checker
Association era. The
1934 - 8th ACA 3-Move in Jamestown, NY was the
1st
National Ty where 3-Move Restriction was used. The Red opponent may funnel all
2-Move Openings into a 3-Move opening on his third move. The flexibility of
choosing one of possibly several 3-Move Openings could be considered an
advantage over just playing the 3-Move 156 deck because Red may choose to play a
tuff Red advantage opening like 9-14 23-18 14-23 G on M “The Double
Cross” aka “Dreaded Double Cross” aka “Boojum” or 11-16 23-19 16-23 L on
D “The Black Widow” which are both forced red advantage openings and dodge strong
White advantage games.
9-13, 21-17 9-13, 22-17 9-13, 22-18 9-13, 23-18 9-13, 23-19 9-13, 24-19 9-13, 24-20 9-14, 22-17 9-14, 22-17 9-14, 22-18 9-14, 23-18 9-14, 23-19 9-14, 24-19 9-14, 24-20 10-14, 21-17 10-14, 22-17 10-14, 22-18 10-14, 23-18 10-14, 23-19 10-14, 24-19 10-14, 22-20 10-15, 21-17 10-15, 22-17 10-15, 22-18 10-15, 23-18 10-15, 23-19 10-15, 24-19 10-15, 24-20 11-15, 21-17 11-15, 22-17 11-15, 22-18 11-15, 23-18 11-15, 23-19 11-15, 24-19 11-15, 24-20 11-16, 21-17 11-16, 22-17 11-16, 22-18 11-16, 23-18 11-16, 23-19 11-16, 24-19 11-16, 24-20 12-16, 21-17 12-16, 22-17 12-16, 22-18 12-16, 23-18 12-16, 23-19 12-16, 24-19 12-16, 24-20