@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…

@PascalStil Your statement is a bit ambitious. I don't deny that after 7 moves black excluded many checkers from the active play and, consequently, black must play defensively for a draw. Nevertheles…

@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…

Congrats on your win ! At move 9 instead of 34-29 can you find a move that wins a piece ?

In puzzel 497 there is another combination. 27-22 18x36, 23-19 14x23, 29x9 3x14, 24-20 15x24, 34-30 25x45, 44-40 45x34 The given solution in the puzzle is better, but this combination is also winning

puzzle 3865, 42-37 16-21 37x28 18-23 28x19 15-20 24x15 13x44 49x40 21-27 31x22 17x48 also wins. puzzle 2776, 28-23 18x38 34-30 is also a winning solution but counted as a mistake even thoug…

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…

I don't know if it is already detected, but there are interchangeable moves in Standard puzzle #499: 4. 42-37 and 5. 34-30 are interchangeable. I preferred 4. 42-37 and 5. 34-30, and my solution was c…