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Game Analysis - Why this position is draw ?. I believed black is winning (3 queens against 1 queen). Black move#3

You might like to visit my study: https://lidraughts.org/study/iO7P4lGJ


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Game Analysis - Why this position is draw ?. I believed black is winning (3 queens against 1 queen). Black move#2

It is a draw due to material insufficiency: generally, majority of "3 draughtsmen vs. 3 draughtsmen" endgames are drawn on 10x10 board. The only exceptions are positions where a player can win by est…


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Game Analysis - Analysis Russian draughts#8

Here comes an amazing video which contains a bunch of endgames on 10x8 board, and it should convince any draughts player that 10x8 board has bright future: https://youtu.be/_6brByGNm5I?si=YMaFLg5jpO_…


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General Draughts Discussion - Spanish players#4

@micabcab (1) playstrategy.org allows you to play under Spanish rules but on mirrored board (long diagonal at left hand instead of right hand as it is supposed to be)´; (2) I had seen some Spanish d…


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General Draughts Discussion - Spanish players#2

@micabcab Spanish draughts is one of the first variants, and I can only regret that it can't regain popularity nowadays. I had inserted some links to publications on Spanish draughts at https://lidra…


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General Draughts Discussion - Filipino Checkers/Draughts#2

Apart from board orientation particularities and board grid, this variant is not different to Brazilian draughts.


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Lidraughts Feedback - Persist draughts variant for puzzles#2

@DoktorLoktor Had you considered bookmarking in the browser?


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Lidraughts Feedback - Mistakes in puzzles#256

@HawaiiBlue 1. .. 32-38 is to be considered as alternative solution, but it is not as spectacular as main line, because it leads to king endgame


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General Draughts Discussion - Russian draughts software#3

We need a team of C++ programmers who would be eager to adapt Scan 3.1 (see https://github.com/rhalbersma/ ) for playing under ALL known rules.


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Game Analysis - Analysis Russian draughts#7

@Gamerus : (1) Majority of players are enjoying diversity of rules. Titled and club players are vary passionate, and it is uneasy to find some titled or trained player who refuses to play under multi…


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