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Off-Topic - Short documentary film on draughts#4 One short film more: https://youtu.be/V5iQKzltnQs | kalnap |
Lidraughts Feedback - Frysk! Capture Bug#3 14. .. 49x24 is not a bug. Black king must observe "Turkish strike" rule: a player can't jump over captured piece twice; and in that game it was a draughtsman / simple checker on 38. | kalnap |
General Draughts Discussion - Draught board#2 The specification of draught boards largely depends on local federation or association, particularly, on colouring of squares. In English tradition, dark squares should be in olive, light squares in b… | kalnap |
General Draughts Discussion - Atomic Draughts#2 It would be hard to transfer whole concept from Atomic chess to draughts: in that case, you have to modify largely capturing rules. Yet, if you would like to borrow idea of capturing opponent "king" a… | kalnap |
General Draughts Discussion - Frisian draughts: how common are draws at top level?#3 A high number of draws under high time control (i.e., >30' per game) is one of the reasons that players adapt to other variants of draughts. Some players try to play other variants where a minimal ma… | kalnap |
Game Analysis - Scan - wrong evaluation#9 I think a reference to threefold repetition draw or inability to convert material or positional advantage within prescribed number of moves should be considered as a part of FEN string. | kalnap |
Game Analysis - Scan - wrong evaluation#4 @bogomol Scan doesn't do well multiple king endgames: sometimes it is suggesting inaccurate moves or doesn't recognize correct number of moves for winning. You might see some examples at my study of "… | kalnap |
Game Analysis - Scan - wrong evaluation#2 @bogomol Scan solves tactical and short-term tasks efficiently, but Scan can't evaluate long-term plans, and without tablebases Scan can even make inaccurate predictions on the nature of eventual endg… | kalnap |
Off-Topic - Short documentary film on draughts#3 I had made short statistical analysis on basis of 65 correspondence games which were played according to International rules, but on 14x14 board. I excluded these games which were drawn on mutual agre… | kalnap |
Off-Topic - What is AntiDraughts ?#2 You're right. The goal is to get rid of own pieces or get imprisoned (stalemated). Yet, there are some positions where a natural draw can occur in antidraughts. One of the most frequent draw position… | kalnap |