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Game Analysis - Why Draw?#2

From https://lidraughts.org/variant/standard Standard rules of international draughts (FMJD). "When one player has only a king left, and the other player player two pieces or less including at least o…


ME-DA-BEAST
Lidraughts Feedback - English Checkers?#3

The current plans for development are to expand features for the already existing variants, although very likely there will be more variants at some point. Most probably next variants will be without …


RoepStoep
Lidraughts Feedback - Frysk! Capture Bug#3

14. .. 49x24 is not a bug. Black king must observe "Turkish strike" rule: a player can't jump over captured piece twice; and in that game it was a draughtsman / simple checker on 38.


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Looking for people to play variant#1

I'm looking for someone interested in trying a variant with this rules or something similar: -All squares are used -Men move forwards, orthogonally or diagonally, and capture in any direction -King…


inesistenza
Lidraughts Feedback - English Checkers?#1

I notice that the vast majority of players here are not from Anglophone nations, in these nations we think of draughts as the basic form without men being able to take backwards and no flying kings. B…


RM13132717
General Draughts Discussion - Atomic Draughts#2

It would be hard to transfer whole concept from Atomic chess to draughts: in that case, you have to modify largely capturing rules. Yet, if you would like to borrow idea of capturing opponent "king" a…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Frisian draughts: how common are draws at top level?#3

A high number of draws under high time control (i.e., >30' per game) is one of the reasons that players adapt to other variants of draughts. Some players try to play other variants where a minimal ma…


kalnap
Game Analysis - Scan - wrong evaluation#8

Move by repetition is actually key in evaluation some positions though. If you are winning except your opponent found one move to get repetition then your position is not winning. Think king queen end…


Bobkingmen3
Game Analysis - Scan - wrong evaluation#4

@bogomol Scan doesn't do well multiple king endgames: sometimes it is suggesting inaccurate moves or doesn't recognize correct number of moves for winning. You might see some examples at my study of "…


kalnap
Off-Topic - What is AntiDraughts ?#2

You're right. The goal is to get rid of own pieces or get imprisoned (stalemated). Yet, there are some positions where a natural draw can occur in antidraughts. One of the most frequent draw position…


kalnap
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