In an unrelated question, what is the maximum number of checkers which can be left on the board at the end of a standard game?
Summary of particular rules: All jumps must be taken. If multiple choices for jumps exist, any can be chosen, but all pieces in the jump must be taken (you can't stop in the middle of a multiple jump.) A checker being crowned in the King's row ends that move. The game is lost when you either can't move or lose all your checkers.
Source: Original, based on this similar problem in the June 1998 Games magazine, Page 63, John R. Gibson:
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For the sample problem, Mario Garcia points out 6/1/01 the solution is:
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