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Game Analysis - Study - Black wins#4

59. .. 48-37? indicates that a player has a little experience in handling kings. 59. .. 48-25, and white can't exploit majority capturing by 60. 19-14: black has two valid capturing choices. Both 60.…


kalnap
Game Analysis - Study - Black wins#3

@honeybee20253 52. .. 12-18 is very inferior move. Black has solid material advantage, and there is NO rational reason to go for king endgame! Please, keep in mind that if you have significant pos…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Horde Checkers!#11

I create SIEGE variant. This is white 5 kings and 5 men VS 15 black men. The both players have similar number of pieces, but 15 men have more chance to win if they’ll be white. I played this with Scan…


Rechefiltr_is_Fire
Lidraughts Feedback - My suggestions to Lidraughts#1

Two variants: ATOMS — Captures are exploding all pieces near captured piece. You can capture only once a move. If capture makes the board absolutely empty, game ends in draw, but if game is rated,…


Rechefiltr_is_Fire
Lidraughts Feedback - Don't see kings on the board#1

Hi, I don't see kings on the board - https://fv9-4.failiem.lv/thumb_show.php?i=u6bq9zz9s&view


SoHot
General Draughts Discussion - web resources for international 8X8 draughts/brazilian draughts#9

Despite lower number of squares, Russian, Brazilian or Pool draughts are much harder to master than International draughts. There is relatively big theory behind many openings (but it is not so much i…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - How can we even win a game on draughts??????#4

@Fox_chess1 under standard rules, a game is won either by taking all pieces OR by disabling opponent to make a legal move (what chess players might call as "stalemate"). Example (10x10 board): White…


kalnap
General Draughts Discussion - Is draughts checkers?#2

"Checkers" is American English word for "draughts". American players use this word in communication even in these cases where British English speakers might prefer "draughts" with respect to national…


kalnap
Lidraughts Feedback - Mistakes in puzzles#187

Hi all, 634: was already disabled for rating 712: agreed 1137: agreed 1328: agreed, I should have ended the puzzle after 49x7. About 926 and 1207: I agree. Both should be counted correct. It'…


BumperBalloonCars
General Draughts Discussion - Draw#3

https://lidraughts.org/variant/brazilian If a player has three kings, two kings and a man, or one king and two men, against one enemy king that is located on the long diagonal (a1-h8) and is the on…


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