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…

It depends a lot atm. But you can try best between 17:00 and 23:00 CET.

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

Interesting. Yes, it seems to be winning, but it is clearly less good in the following line: 33-28 14-19 27-22 19x30 18x19 13x33 22x4 17-22!

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…

For some unknown reason Scan doesn't play the right moves. After 7. ... 27-31 ? the position is lost for Black (Dragon Draughts database). Maybe Scan doesn't use endgame database in lidraughts ? Anyw…