It will take many hours of work for describing first steps. I minimized goals: I am about to explain basic principles which would be valuable for studying any book or watching any game. ------- 1…

Depending on browser, it is very hard to access upper menus: sometimes a click on it results in joining a random game!!! (Tested on Chrome and Microsoft Edge).

Today I discovered that site http://poolcheckers.com/ was renewed (a week ago it was shut down for unknown reasons), and there you can have access to direct download of Kaplan's books (see "section E-…

@aimiekamikoza There is a limited number of publications on Brazilian draughts in English. In the better case, you can look for books on POOL DRAUGHTS / American Pool Checkers via Google search, and …

@aimiekamikoza By learning: read training books, solve puzzles, watch games. It is how you can memorize any new pattern, and there are no better means.

We want to play Spanish draughts at lidraughts... Queremos jugar las damas españolas a lidraughts... ==== Some training books for beginners and intermediate players are made available by Govert Wes…

In Brazilian Portuguese you might learn some basics by Bakumenko's "Curso de Damas Brasileiras": https://revistabrasileiradejogodedamas.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Bakumenko-Curso-de-Damas-Brasileiras…

@damki_man It depends on your local traditions. Yet if you live in a region where draughts are played under International rules (10x10 board), even in this case 8x8 board would suit much better.…

@ganelon ---- Quote from Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dameo : In addition, men can jump over one or more other subsequent men of the same color in a straight line forward or diag…

@Waterwalker255 The basic difference in tactics between International and Brazilian is an endgame, because in the endgame board size does matter! A player can't escape from disadvantageous position in…