2 RoepStoep Sorry for my English, so far from native :-) You understood me wrong. Rule "15 kingmoves (any king) without captures or moving men, the game is drawn" should have been applied for Bogomo…

Question about draw in Bogomol game. Why rule - "If both players play 15 kingmoves (any king) without captures or moving men, the game is drawn" was not applied ? Men "a3" was moved on the 40-th move,…

Puzzle 1438: 33-29 39-33 30x50 38-32 48-43 also wins After being told 33-29 was not the correct move, I continued looking and found the intended solution, which is very nice. I didn't see that aft…

I often find puzzles where a winning move isn't counted as correct because another move is even better. I get that the exercise is to find the best move, but at the same time it can be quite frustrati…

Puzzle 646: 1. 26-21 is also winning. Puzzle 1435: 1. 43-38 is unfortunately also winning. Puzzle 1626: 2. ... 2-7 is also quite comfortably winning. Puzzle 1838: great tactic, would be even better…

Puzzle 1726: 3. 43-38 is also winning. It's not quite as good as 44-39, but it makes the final shot even better.

There is an alternative solution, although it is a bit longer, but the tactical motif can be spotted easier: 1.48-42 37x48 2.17-12 7x18 3.15-10 5x14 4.44-39 48x34 5.35x4 18-22 6.4x27 36-41 7.27-31 …

43-38 + 48-42 and 43-38 + 38-32 are also winning

I was testing Scan's endgame technique in International draughts by comparing human approach and AI approach. There is a nice puzzle by Noome and Hortsman (I quote their names by cyrillic retransla…

3: 48-43 and 40-34 are also winning