Oi amigos @BumperBalloonCars e @Arkun. Após exaustiva análise no Scan3.0 e KingsRow, pode-se afirmar que realmente a partida está ganha para as pretas. Segue: [Event "Game 1, opening start …

Oh, 24-30 on move 3. 1..23-29, 13-19, 21-27 and 11-17 is also winning.

Author here. @Jeffrey Congratulations on the draw! Scan probably made mistakes when answering you, however. The version I'm using is slightly different, and plays those moves (even with only…

There's something weird going on here. If you play 21. 15-33 instead of 15-42 then Scan will indicate that the value of the position is 0 and that the best move is 16-27, no matter how long you let it…

Yes, but black can also play 16-21 and be up a piece, there are no trading possibilities for that one. However, you can argue that it is worth it because of the positional benefit. Like a gambit in a …

@Tim I found this problem in puzzle 292 yesterday as well. We will disable it and put the same puzzle back in with all the correct solutions. (like for example puzzle 361, where now both 27-21 and 31-…

lol, you're right @Toadofsky, in section 21: "II If a player can jump an equal number of his opponents pieces with several of his own pieces, then the move must be executed with the piece that he f…

Can we please nullify section 21 "Further rules of play"?

I have understood this: memorizing the first 10 positions (the squares from 1 to 10) it is easy to improve by counting, for example, from the square number 1, +10 to obtain the square number 11; + 20 …