Only Russians can contribute an idea which involves a breach of copyright law.

@root3 I have an impression that Scan shows the distance to some stored tablebase position which can be reached by force, and only afterwards it corrects the amount of moves if a position is winning f…

@DARK_CAT 1st variant: Your proposed rules will give more advantage to white. Under these rules white needs to play for total blockade of position. 2nd variant: Why do you hate kings (note: in E…

@IvaMiMarc By saying 'Russian draughts' you are offending ALL nations that included Petrov variant as a part of their own gaming culture, because they don't label it as 'Russian draughts'. You are inc…

@IvaMiMarc Besides, you need to keep in mind that 'checkers' is American English word for BRITISH ENGLISH word 'draughts', therefore, you had made an attempt to justify your opinion by false analogy.

@IvaMiMarc There is only one draughts variant which can be labeled as "classic" : it is Spanish draughts where the transition from alquerque to contemporary draughtsboard took place. There is nothing…

@IvaMiMarc You are refusing to go into details. Petrov did describe FOLKS game played in Russian empire, and in FOLKS language that variant was called 'крепки' (literary, strong ones) in opposition…

Fun fact: @IvaMiMarc is spreading false news, and he is a liar. Here is a prove. It is in 1827 (55 years earlier than @IvaMiMarc indicated, btw.) than well known chess master and theoretician Alexan…

I will not cease to highlight this discussion, and there is a reason. For many years, many western nations had simplified their views on nations that were incorporated into USSR by labeling them as …

@Forturnes Your request is nothing new (multiple players had shouted it out before), and let me explain, that you should try to contact programmers who made engines for 8x8 board draughts variants, an…