@IvaMiMarc There is only one draughts variant which can be labeled as "classic" : it is Spanish draughts where the transition from alquerque to contemporary draughtsboard took place. There is nothing…

@IvaMiMarc You are refusing to go into details. Petrov did describe FOLKS game played in Russian empire, and in FOLKS language that variant was called 'крепки' (literary, strong ones) in opposition…

I will not cease to highlight this discussion, and there is a reason. For many years, many western nations had simplified their views on nations that were incorporated into USSR by labeling them as …

Can we have Italian or straight checkers? Capturing is obligatory, but regular pieces can only capture forwards & Kings can make short movements not ‘fly’.

11 months on... horsey god; help me! Please summon the horsey god I cant solve the captcha :(

Hi kalnap and Passionarius, I've just talked to the author of "Chess and Checkers/Shashki" and he told me this: <Hello Getulio. I don't communicate with the author. Source code I take from http…

I'm a complete beginner so as of now I play around with variants and only do puzzles, I notice there are no puzzles for antidraughts (nor for brazilian). Does anyone know if we can expect those soon ?…

E-Draughts Haiti invites all draughts lovers to participate in the Haiti Open Summer Cup Online 2022 Duration: 3 weeks Start date: July 2nd, 2022 End date: July 17th, 2022 Time control: 1min +…

E-Draughts Haiti invites all draughts lovers to participate in the Haiti Open Summer Cup Online 2022 Duration: 3 weeks Start date: July 2nd, 2022 End date: July 17th, 2022 Time control: 1min +…

First about the 'tower'-draughts variants. Personally, I very much enjoyed some of those variants. I played a lot of those OTB when I was a kid. I don't know the names anymore that we used for those v…