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General Draughts Discussion - help for a newbie#2

@talisson Similar questions were addressed and replied in the forums, indicating learning tools and books. Please, use site search engine.


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Lidraughts Feedback - Italian draughts#9

Here you might watch Andrea Bocelli playing Italian draughts: https://youtu.be/H73c0dqelxg?si=PLL_-ksy9blJiuUZ


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Lidraughts Feedback - Italian draughts#8

I believe this game between two Italian grandmasters could serve as an illustration how deep and profound Italian draughts can be: https://youtu.be/ELA7l2lTOuM?si=zVHcwR5KxuZLs6Fg


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Lidraughts Feedback - Italian draughts#6

@HawaiiBlue , @donnino you might be interested in playing Italian dama in https://archive.org/details/DamaItaliana_1020 (DOS application playable via DOSBox script in any contemporary browser).


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Lidraughts Feedback - Italian draughts#4

@HawaiiBlue I guess the most classic example is Italian White: King on 22, Black: draughtsman on 21; white to move which is equivalent to English Red/black: King on 10, White: draughtsman on 9; r…


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Lidraughts Feedback - Italian draughts#2

"Dama Italiana" is so much fun, particulaarly, in endgames. Antidraughts according Italian rules are also fascinating. However, it seems lidraughts team is deaf or silent... We have not received any …


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General Draughts Discussion - What is your favorite type of tournament?#2

Berserk as means of gaining extra points deprives any game of true sportsmanship. As a tournament option, arena is good, however, I would like to apply some modest multiplier for winning streaks (1.1…


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Lidraughts Feedback - Frisian Draughts from Position#3

So, in FEN notation it is: [GameType "40"] [FEN "W:W36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15"]


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Lidraughts Feedback - Frisian Draughts from Position#2

Many fans of Frisian draughts are unaware that the most balanced setup on 10x10 baord would be one where each side has 3 first rows with draughtsmen, so the 4 central rows remain vacant. In this case,…


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General Draughts Discussion - Compiling a code#5

For any Linux users: Had anyone of you tried to adapt Danican ? There is C program available http://obrecht.fr/danican/ .


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