The balance in the match for the Frisian draughts world championships is slowly tipping in favour of Marten Walinga: he turned the third game against Folkert Groenveld into a convincing win again. The man from Jutrijp resigned from a lost position. The Frisian game, like chess, is perfect for playing a gambit, sacrificing a piece without it leading to a disadvantage. Gambits rarely, if ever, happen in international draughts. In this case the Frisian game has more in common with chess than international draughts. There was nothing in the score. Folkert Groenveld failed to find the right answer to the sacrificed piece and returned the piece at the wrong moment. This gave Walinga the advantage. Ultimately Groenveld was unable to find the right defense, made a move which was a completely standard one in Frisian draughts but turned out to be a blunder in this case, after which he resigned. Folkert Groenveld will need to pull his socks up if he wants to turn the match into his favour, there are eight games left to play.
Notation:
1. 31-26 20-25 2. 34-30 25x34 3. 40x29 19-23 4. 44-40 23x34 5. 39x30 18-23 6. 30-25 23-29 7. 33x24 14x34 8. 40x29 15-20 9. 25x14 4x31 10. 41x21 16x27 11. 26x28 12-18 12. 37-31 10-15 13. 49-44 7-12 14. 28-22 17x28 15. 35-30 11-16 16. 31-26 1-7 17. 30-25 15x35 18. 45x25 12-17 19. 44-40 7-12 20. 40-35 2-7 21. 50-45 9-14 22. 43-39 28-33 23. 38x29 14-19 24. 29x9 13x4 25. 25-20 3-9 26. 20-15 5x25 27. 35x15 18-23 28. 39-34 23-29 29. 34x23 7-11 30. 26-21 17x26 31. 45-40
