On 1627 the idea was that moving to king simply loses the king immediately, and the winning line is a much clearer win, objectively clearly better continuation. But looking at it more closely now, 8-2…

Good question @Bobkingmen3 This is because of the rules of the game (for completeness): https://lidraughts.org/variant/standard Two rules to point out: 1. You can't capture a piece twice. So, i…

1.25-20 2. 33-29 is also good

I suggest 5+2 time control for tournaments.

Oi amigos @BumperBalloonCars e @Arkun. Após exaustiva análise no Scan3.0 e KingsRow, pode-se afirmar que realmente a partida está ganha para as pretas. Segue: [Event "Game 1, opening start …

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…

Quite - thanks for your investments in all of this Roepstop!

It's a matter of preference, others enjoy the aspect of having to manage your clock as well. Hopefully there is a better balance between the two with the tournament timecontrols that were recently add…

It still does not make sense. If you start a match and you have time left on your clock, the result should count. Otherwise stop matchmaking in the last minutes. The tournament will last maximum 1/2 m…