Additionally, 25-20, 33-28, 44-40 wins a piece

Oi amigos @BumperBalloonCars e @Arkun. Após exaustiva análise no Scan3.0 e KingsRow, pode-se afirmar que realmente a partida está ganha para as pretas. Segue: [Event "Game 1, opening start …

What's the main variant? Black wants to force white to give three pieces to capture the king, but it seems like white may only have to give two, leading to an equal 9x9: after the king shot, white can…

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Author here. @Jeffrey Congratulations on the draw! Scan probably made mistakes when answering you, however. The version I'm using is slightly different, and plays those moves (even with only…

For some unknown reason Scan doesn't play the right moves. After 7. ... 27-31 ? the position is lost for Black (Dragon Draughts database). Maybe Scan doesn't use endgame database in lidraughts ? Anyw…

after 39-24, 18-12, 25-30 and 7-11 lead to a winning position. after 25-30 my analysis program says that after 29-23 white is better

first move 25-30 is more accurate than 13-18 where 39-34 is possible and the position is unclear

1 vs 4 kings is a theoretical win for the 4 kings. 1 vs 3 is mostly a theoretical draw. The game is drawn when both players make 25 consecutive king moves without capturing.

I got the question if 33-38 is really a good move. For an answer I need to trust other sources than myself, and yes it is indeed a reasonable way to play in this position. It seems counter-intuitive, …