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…

- Middlegame Any middlegame is based on looking for favourable and advantageous exchanges, as well as for getting full control of central squares. With regards to this, the main problem of middlega…

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…

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@Twoblackcheckers The opening theory between "straight" and "backwards jumping" variants is not compatible (but I like all variants,). While in "straight" variants, playing single corner opening b…

If you copy (Ctrl-C) the game notation (on the game page), you'll have it with the needless spaces, like so (Ctrl-V): 1 g3-f4 f6-e5 2 h2-g3 e7-f6 3 c3-b4 b6-a5 4 b4-c5 d6:b4 Could you…

@jeffreyq2 {in alphanumeric notation} 2. .. c3:a5 3. e5-f6 e7-d6 (forced, otherwise it is lost due to material deficiency or huge positional disadvantage: normally, in Russian puzzles that option…

@dg https://i.imgur.com/9pZepRC.png 1.a3-b4 c3:a5 best move 2.e5-f6 e7-d6 3.d4-e5 a5-b4 4.e3-d4 c5:e3 5.f4:d2 d6:f4 6.a7:a3 f4-g3 7.f6-e7 h6:f4 8.b2-c3 And the position of the whites is won …

2003 is removed

for https://lidraughts.org/training/2003, the combination 33-29 and 31-36 also eventually reaches an evaluation +2.5