@ABC_OF_EVERYTHING I will explain puzzle #171 step-by-step. First of all, let us focus on what is given to us in the puzzle. a) Material White: 8 draughtsmen (checkers); black: 8 draughtsmen (c…

What about move #5 : There is better than 43-38

@HawaiiBlue In Frisian draughts it is not a rarity that a player can sacrifice a checker and get compensation for being able to crown last checker quicker than his or her opponent does. It was the cas…

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.

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…

Updated ranking after Day 2 Ranking / Player / Points 1. ijzendoorn --> 40 pts 2. taichikungfu --> 38 pts 3. Makendysaintjuste --> 35 pts 4. Vera_Chechina --> 35 pts 5. Mongoliangamer --> 31 p…

Top 20 players will play the final phase. Ranking / Player / Points 1 @ijzendoorn 299 2 @Makendysaintjuste 294 3 @taichikungfu 292 4 @Vera_Chechina 284 5 @mandalorian 284 6 @Deriglazov-15 279…

Ranking / Player / Points 1 ijzendoorn 199 2 Makendysaintjuste 196 3 taichikungfu 196 4 Vera_Chechina 193 5 mandalorian 187 6 Anastase 187 7 Deriglazov-15 185 8 Dwade03 182 9 Mongoliangamer 1…

Ranking / Player / Points 1 ijzendoorn 100 2 Makendysaintjuste 99 3 taichikungfu 98 4 Vera_Chechina 97 5 p135 96 6 mandalorian 95 7 Anastase 94 8 Angel-mejia 93 9 Dwade03 92 10 Deriglazov-1…

Okay, I ran into another like #202. This one is the very nice #394, but flawed. The alternative key 1... 32-38 works also. If 2.48x17, there is 2... 16x9 3.10x19 9x40#. If instead 2.10x9, there is …