@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…

@dg If you are solving Russian puzzles with specific fly-through promotion idea (like #27 and #254), you should consider enabling a mode with gradual capturing. Go to "Preferences" -> "Game behaviour…

Some Russian puzzles are unsolvable in the app. Two examples: https://lidraughts.org/training/russian/27 https://lidraughts.org/training/russian/254 Both puzzles are solvable in the browser, but…

Hello, I'm a quite good chess player (2000 on lichess) who just began draughts 2 days ago. "easy" I fought. It figures out that I'm a dramatically bad player (27 defeats in 32 games) and I wondered w…

Puzzle https://lidraughts.org/training/1325 is incorrect. I try to win with the combination 1. 27-22 18x27 2. 29x18 13x22 3. 32x21 16x27 4. 28x17 11x22 5. 37-31 26x46 6. 47-41 46x30 7. 35x2. But it'…

@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…

I played a game as black, and on my last move, it did not require (or allow) me to capture the last piece within the same move. https://lidraughts.org/IIyS4hyF/black#27

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

https://lidraughts.org/tHQhCtL9/black Move 27 5 capture at one go. Any higher record than 5?

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…