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Opening Book

I was wondering if lidraughts is ever going to have a opening book for draughts ( like players onine and master games)

Yes, we hope to get an opening book as a feature. But our focus is on other things first. Do it is not to be expected very soon.

What is currently the most advanced debut book for 10x10 draughts? I mean the paper version.

@shy_duck
(1) Agafonov's encyclopedical book on openings (in Russian, Агафонов В.П. Курс дебютов: международные шашки; available in djvu format for downloading at http://checkersusa.com/books/10x10/Agafonov_Kurs_debutov_1988.djvu ) is old, but still valuable book, although it offers too many variations and continuations, and, I don't know a player who could benefit from this book fully.
(2) There is more contemporary book on openings in English: www.fmjd.org/downloads/Course/en/Course%203/S2.The%20opening%20of%20the%20game.pdf : it covers most common openings that are played nowadays, but I believe that it would be beneficial only for upper-intermediate players.
(3) For beginners and pure intermediate players I would recommend an excerption of openings that are covered in book by Buzhinsky and Shaus (in Russian: Бужинский Э.З. Шаус Я.Л. Теория и практика международных шашек; available in djvu format for download at http://checkersusa.com/books/10x10/Buzhinskiy_Shaus_Teoria_i_praktika.djvu ), starting from p. 182. It gives an insight in top openings, which are comprehensible and safe for playing at all levels.

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