Hi all, On the 17th of december, the European championship started in Moscow. At the moment of writing, the first 4 games have been played. The Russian player IM Nicolay Germogenov (http://www.fmjd…

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…

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, the game is very popular in Holland, where the best competition in the world is played. Today, 29-9-18, the second round of the national competition is played. Most international players from all…

#4 Cool, 1 vs 4 could be interesting to learn. In this particular game 113. 15-4 seems the most beginner-friendly solution (113... 36-47 114. 43-49 47-36 115. 33-47).

If you do not like bullet, you can play under slower time controls. I think there are players here who can make 150 moves in 15 seconds. See for example @penguingim1.

It should work, you can enter moves with full notation as in 10-15 or 1x12 (with or without leading zeros), or just the src-dst squares, e.g. 1015 or 0112 (requires leading zeros)

@Andrea #15 that is a good idea, also @Hangrad you seem to be thinking about chocolate cake a lot xD

I'm failing to import a PDN into my study: https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/applet/applet1pdn.php?kl=23&Id=7153&r=1&jr=0&wed=1080559&Teui=&taal=1