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Lidraughts Feedback - Mistakes in puzzles#165

Hi all, @xiaofei3 In puzzle 3789 it isn't winning if you play 4. ... 14-20. White can give a king with 47-41 and 30-25 is draw. @dg and @kalnap I agree with you. d2-e3 is draw says Aurora Bo…


BumperBalloonCars
General Draughts Discussion - Where and How was "DRAUGHTS" Invented?#5

Sami Alquerque or "Dablot Prejjesne" is other branch of alquerque evolution: it is an interesting game where players have two additional marked pieces which can't be captured by lower ranked pieces (a…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Where and How was "DRAUGHTS" Invented?#3

If some player would like to feel how alquerque and draughts are related, I could recommend to try a variant of alquerque called "Zamma" which is played in North Africa. Pieces are moving according to…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Turkish Draughts#3

@shy_duck @jddms .. but we need MORE (!!) volunteers (!!!!!) among programmers: implementation of Turkish draughts requires a lot of work! What I can recommend for those who enjoy Turkish draughts…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - CAN anybody explain me this puzzle.#2

@ABC_OF_EVERYTHING I will explain puzzle #171 step-by-step. First of all, let us focus on what is given to us in the puzzle. a) Material White: 8 draughtsmen (checkers); black: 8 draughtsmen (c…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Is there English draughts a.k.a. American checkers on here?#5

@Tactical What's beautiful in these straight jumping variants, is that a player can crown many draughtsmen (checkers) into kings. Although I'm not native to Argentinian variant, I like it more than R…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Is there English draughts a.k.a. American checkers on here?#3

@mossypiglet I know many English draughts players who picked up Brazilian, Russian and American Pool variants as supplement for mastering tactics. The hardest thing for adaptation for them would be ba…


kalnap
Lidraughts Feedback - Bug in App with Russian Puzzles#1

Some Russian puzzles are unsolvable in the app. Two examples: https://lidraughts.org/training/russian/27 https://lidraughts.org/training/russian/254 Both puzzles are solvable in the browser, but…


dg
Lidraughts Feedback - Mistakes in puzzles#157

There is another way to win in puzzle 1352 29-24 3-8, 24-20 14x25, 15-10 and you will have a king later in the game


Varken
Lidraughts Feedback - Petition for emojis on lidraughts#16

Maybe a draughts king with eyes would look good.


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