Some places on the website still show chess scores, even with the draughts score notation being selected in the preferences. Most notably, the crosstable and the game list when you click a player in a…

I think Human Lobby + Friend games are most representative for the question what people prefer to play among themselves (human vs human and any timecontrol goes). Games against the computer are a diff…

I'm not sure why you're leaving out games played against the computer, most of which (when timed) are played with an increment, and those stats also don't include custom tournaments although I don't t…

We just don't think it's as clear cut as you make it out to be. Doing some advanced searches on all user initiated human games (lobby + friend), there are in fact more games without increment than the…

Ending up here being up two pieces is a lot better. 23-28 is also winning, probably. Good you brought it up. I have doubt about this one. Part of the puzzles is: if you see a good move, find a bet…

Hi all, On the 17th of december, the European championship started in Moscow. At the moment of writing, the first 4 games have been played. The Russian player IM Nicolay Germogenov (http://www.fmjd…

#4 Cool, 1 vs 4 could be interesting to learn. In this particular game 113. 15-4 seems the most beginner-friendly solution (113... 36-47 114. 43-49 47-36 115. 33-47).

1 vs 4 kings is a theoretical win for the 4 kings. 1 vs 3 is mostly a theoretical draw. The game is drawn when both players make 25 consecutive king moves without capturing.

Another interesting variant that comes from the Frisian draughts community is called "FRYSK". You just play with the Frisian rules but start with 5 vs 5. So you just skip the opening theory and dive s…

I see. It seems that you are already a few steps ahead indeed. However, if you want to be completely correct, there is one additional rule that can make a FEN require additional information for …