Puzzle 382: 40-34 48-43 36-31 27-21, both taking on 4 and 24 wins the game, but 24 is wrong answer

@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…

On Saturday 17th April Alexander Shvartsman will play an online simultaneously on Lidraughts against a maximum of 40 players. The simultaneously will start at 13:00, (CET), but make sure you are onlin…

@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…

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

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…

(EN)The Russian All-Around Championship is the championship of Russia in all 11 variants of draughts. Each variant is played in 5 tournaments . In each tournament, the top 10 players receive points:…

Final Ranking: 1 ijzendoorn 60 pts. 2 taichikungfu 56 3 Vera_Chechina 54 4 Makendysaintjuste 50 5 Mongoliangamer 48 6 GanaMGL 40 7 talien-louis 37 8 Angel-mejia 36 9 SMN 35 10 Claude2891 3…

Final Ranking: 1 ijzendoorn 60 pts. 2 taichikungfu 56 3 Vera_Chechina 54 4 Makendysaintjuste 50 5 Mongoliangamer 48 6 GanaMGL 40 7 talien-louis 37 8 Angel-mejia 36 9 SMN 35 10 Claude2891 3…

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…