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General Draughts Discussion - web resources for international 8X8 draughts/brazilian draughts#6

Let me expand this topic a bit. For those who are familiar with old DOS applications which might be run also in browser, there is a good shareware program which can be useful for you in training proc…


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Openings - Can someone teach me an opening trap... I just stared playing.#2

Which variant? Standard (International), Frisian, Russian, Brazilian?


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General Draughts Discussion - Чем отличаются шашки Russian от Brazilian#2

@ilia_malkov См. правила взятия - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8


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General Draughts Discussion - web resources for international 8X8 draughts/brazilian draughts#2

@JoeGee Personally, I don't know any publication on Brazilian draughts which was made publicly available in English. However, there are publications in other languages which you might consider us…


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Lidraughts Feedback - Orthogonal Draughts#6

Let me inform you that there is a free-to-play abstract game platform where multiple draughts variants are implemented: https://games.dtco.ru/ , registration is free. You can play orthogonal draughts …


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General Draughts Discussion - Blitz Time Control Popularity#3

It is only nowadays that 3' and 3' + 2" blitz games gained popularity on 10x10 board. I don't think that it is enough for SERIOUS tournaments where one can earn NATIONAL or REGIONAL prizes: generally,…


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General Draughts Discussion - Bad draughts problem#2

I agree: puzzle #753 is about seeing a win in one move, and in this respect there are two good solutions, while one is more direct, because it eliminates an accidental blunder: it is only due to part…


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Game Analysis - exciting minority attack on the queenside!#6

@Dangerouskid I will not analyse whole game into details, but I will highlight the most important moments only. 1) 5. 47-42 : inferior move. You should keep draughtsman on 47 on 47 as long as possib…


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Game Analysis - exciting minority attack on the queenside!#4

Native English draughts players would rather say "single corner" with reference to squares 5 or 46 and "double corner" with reference to squares 1 or 50. In other countries "left / right flank" or "l…


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General Draughts Discussion - Draughts engine#2

The majority of known engines is published at FMJD website, see "Spreadsheet with draughts software" in https://www.fmjd.org/?p=progs . As for naming, I would suggest "(El) Marro" in honour of the fi…


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