Puzzle 1617: 1. 17-21 is also winning.

Not a great puzzle, as 17-22/29-33 is simply winning

I was testing Scan's endgame technique in International draughts by comparing human approach and AI approach. There is a nice puzzle by Noome and Hortsman (I quote their names by cyrillic retransla…

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13-18 is also winning

The variation with 24-29, followed by a direct 17-21, whilst being considered correct, has a weird stopping point, stopping in the middle of a white capture.

Yes, I saw that one when I created the puzzle. In this case, Scan evaluates the position on depth 34 with 'just' +3 (after 8 minutes evaluating). With the 'right' solution the evaluation is +7 on …

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 …

Most important is the fact that if black does not make the combination, black will lose a piece with an evaluation of at least +1 obviously. So, also important in a game, sometimes you need to find th…

What's the main variant? Black wants to force white to give three pieces to capture the king, but it seems like white may only have to give two, leading to an equal 9x9: after the king shot, white can…