I agree: the 5 moves rule should be restarted after the crowning 37. a7-b8. In these kind of endgames, the key idea is to restart counting whenever a significant change of position occurs. It can be …

Although it is off-topic, here you might see how do I play Bird opening in chess: ==== 1. f4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Rd8 11…

Bonjour, Que signifie le message "cheat detected" ? Je jouais une partie contre un anonyme, et ce message est apparu puis la victoire m'a été attribuée... Merci d'avance pour la réponse. JLM

Je trouve ça génial. Même si nous n'allons participer; nous pouvons suivre et apprendre d'avantage ❤️

2. Openings - All beginners should focus on fighting for the central squares c3, d4, c5, f4. If you have 3 of them under control, you clearly have an advantage! Therefore, there is a limited scope o…

@damki_man It depends on your local traditions. Yet if you live in a region where draughts are played under International rules (10x10 board), even in this case 8x8 board would suit much better.…

@kalnap Parlez-vous des dames "russes" et "brézilienne" qui sont sur le site? Si oui je vais essayer de trouver un engin qui supporte ces variantes :) Do you speak of "russian" and "brasilian" draugh…

@Rechefiltr_is_Fire This idea of capturing pieces by landing is not a novelty. Because in any variant draughts is supposed to be a game where capturing of multiple pieces is distinctive feature, the …

@ganelon So far, I had not find any reference for board size and draughtsmen size in official FMJD rules, so any local federation or association can impose own restrictions as for board colouring and …

Fun fact: @IvaMiMarc is spreading false news, and he is a liar. Here is a prove. It is in 1827 (55 years earlier than @IvaMiMarc indicated, btw.) than well known chess master and theoretician Alexan…