As for an alternative, I would rather play on alquerque-like board which is still loved in Philippines: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_nIpK-w3gNs/UKU4tZdvKuI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Wh1gBREBRvk/s1600/2correctboards.…

@dtmylens I agree; that ballot under Russian and Pools is playable: 1. g3-h4 (in the spirit of regular opening 1. c3-d4 d6-c5 2. b2-c3 e7-d6 3. g3-h4 etc.), and because majority capturing is not manda…

@HawaiiBlue Maybe something like https://cdn.drawception.com/images/panels/2017/1-30/XmaS6jjwGC-8.png ?

Oh, that was for the white. But, as for black: 55. .. 5-28, threatening to make an exchange 26-21, and afterwards sacrifice checker 15: it is clear, that checker 15 can't be crowned, but even if whi…

@AnonymousNewAccount In similar cases a good practice is to simplify position as much as possible: a draw is to be adjudicated automatically in any of "1 king + 1 checker vs. 1 king + 1checker`", "1 k…

@firstposition You might even enjoy Celtic draughts: they are played under English rules with the only exception that each side makes two actions per turn. Because of this particularity, there are m…

I like your idea, because it would strengthen skills of handling kings. Here is a more balanced setup (only +0.7 according to Scan, which definitely indicates a tendency of a draw due to material in…

@HawaiiBlue In Frisian draughts it is not a rarity that a player can sacrifice a checker and get compensation for being able to crown last checker quicker than his or her opponent does. It was the cas…

How can we spread a word on organizing an event like Pogchamps in draughts?

As for 10x10 International draughts, a good choice would be to adapt Danican http://obrecht.fr/danican/ which is free.