@apieti this is "give 3, take 3" shot which results in getting a king, but if you avoid sacrifice 24-30, your king is going to be trapped immediately by 40-34, and you get no advantage

@lindomar2022 Swiss system for Brazilian draughts is available at cousin platform playstrategy.org : you can establish own club there and organize Swiss tournaments.

+ As for blitz games in real life games, I enjoy draughtsmen from this set https://www.playtables.lv/uploads/catalog/zoom/photo_9443.jpg , because the middle part of them is very ergonomic for making …

@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 …

Only Russians can contribute an idea which involves a breach of copyright law.

@root3 I have an impression that Scan shows the distance to some stored tablebase position which can be reached by force, and only afterwards it corrects the amount of moves if a position is winning f…

@DARK_CAT 1st variant: Your proposed rules will give more advantage to white. Under these rules white needs to play for total blockade of position. 2nd variant: Why do you hate kings (note: in E…

@IvaMiMarc By saying 'Russian draughts' you are offending ALL nations that included Petrov variant as a part of their own gaming culture, because they don't label it as 'Russian draughts'. You are inc…

@IvaMiMarc Besides, you need to keep in mind that 'checkers' is American English word for BRITISH ENGLISH word 'draughts', therefore, you had made an attempt to justify your opinion by false analogy.

@IvaMiMarc There is only one draughts variant which can be labeled as "classic" : it is Spanish draughts where the transition from alquerque to contemporary draughtsboard took place. There is nothing…