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Off-Topic - Short documentary film on draughts#4

One short film more: https://youtu.be/V5iQKzltnQs


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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.


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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.


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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 "…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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