Puzzle 3278. After making a king black has the opportunity to play 30-34. Then the only (and a very nice!) win is to put your king on square 30. 31-36 is a very boring variation ;-)

@jeffreyq2 {in alphanumeric notation} 2. .. c3:a5 3. e5-f6 e7-d6 (forced, otherwise it is lost due to material deficiency or huge positional disadvantage: normally, in Russian puzzles that option…

@muldrothaEDH Regarding openings, draughts on large boards (including 10x10) is almost independent from opening theory. A player needs not to know any opening (except if he or she wants to apply some …

@LittleJennyWren If you intended to do "caveman attack", it will not work well. In this case white can even afford to play 4. Nf3, regardless of doubling pawns 4. .. Bxf3 5. exf3, because: a) this co…

Recognition of most valued capturing sequence in Frisian draughts demands significant efforts for each player, even those who had good achievements in other variants. As well, I have to say that there…

One way to improve is to play a lot of games and analyzing them. Here it is pretty straightforward: most games are lost due to someone getting a king before the other does. Another way is to do Fri…

@AsadsWorld It is hard to imagine a checkers variant without compulsory jump, because, practically, it would mean that starting side (= white) will run out of moves and lose. Besides, "huffing" doe…

Kalnap is correct. It's pretty similar to Pool Checkers. I think the main difference is that once a piece is kinged, it does not continue onward and capture if there are any captures available. The…

@jfs4 Dameo is artificial variant of draughts, and because of specific move which allows to jump over own checkers, it must be classified as a crossover between draughts and halma like Camelot, Suffra…

@RoepStoep Russian draughts can be played also in Old Russian subvariant with early kings on the board, and it leads a game into unknown territory. Good choice for bullet lovers, by the way! The setu…