@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…

Fun fact: @IvaMiMarc is spreading false news, and he is a liar. Here is a prove. It is in 1827 (55 years earlier than @IvaMiMarc indicated, btw.) than well known chess master and theoretician Alexan…

Also a good idea to add Turkish draughts

Russian draughts are not the only checkers variant on a 8x8 board. In fact most of them are. Calling it draughts 64 is a terrible idea. Shashki may be a good compromise if everyone is willing but its …

@BlitzWizard94 In my opinion, the first thing to know about draughts is the rules under whom you play in local community, because draughts is social game, and it is almost impossible to make progress …

你是中国人还是俄罗斯人？ТЫ КИТАЙСКИЙ ИЛИ РУССИЯНСКИЙ?

@Rechefiltr_is_Fire Altaic draughts ("Altai shatra") has also a good potential for Atomic chess ideas: https://glukkazan.github.io/checkers/altai-shatra.htm

This variant is known to me. It is like Pool draughts, but on 10x10 board. Because majority capturing is not mandatory in this variant, many shot ideas can't be applied from International (here, in l…

Because the traditional Christmas tournaments cannot take place this year, there may be interest in a tournament from December 27 to 30 via lidraughts. The idea is to play a mini-match of four games a…