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General Draughts Discussion - Learning the international draughts for beginner#4

@Fierex02 Until you reach lidraughts ELO 1400, the best time control for you should be 10' + 15" or pure 15' per game. In that period of learning you need to break some habits like making random moves…


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Game Analysis - Has anyone beaten the level 8 computer#5

@trothan that program is beatable, and once you figure out its weaknesses, you will be able to win lvl 5 Scan. As well. you might try 10x8 board (adjust size), where 3 kings always win against 1 king:…


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Game Analysis - Has anyone beaten the level 8 computer#3

@trothan try to win against <iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DynamoDraughts_1020" width="560" height="384" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen>…


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General Draughts Discussion - Learning the international draughts for beginner#2

Every player is learning draughts forever. :) However, I suppose that you ask about the period of time which is supposed to acquire a confidence, so that he can be a good opponent to any national mas…


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General Draughts Discussion - 8*8#2

Basically, 1. a3-b4 leads to a very forced sequence, and it may be too sharp for lower intermediate players and beginners. After 1. a3-b4 b6-a5 white can equalize (and there is a difference between…


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General Draughts Discussion - Draughts and Checkers strategic principles#2

@Shizre I believe you will find the answers to your questions in the forum entry https://lidraughts.org/forum/general-draughts-discussion/brazilian-draughts-move-explanation?page=1


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Lidraughts Feedback - False Draw in Brazil#2

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 …


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Game Analysis - Position Computer vs Phone analysis#10

+ I included a similar example in my studies, and you can check how does evaluation work: https://lidraughts.org/study/6KiWap9p


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Game Analysis - Position Computer vs Phone analysis#9

By the way, only few of draughts engines allow to run the retrograde analysis: good example is Aurora Borealis.


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Game Analysis - Position Computer vs Phone analysis#6

+ as well, you need to increase DEPTH of analysis by clicking on blue "+" sign. According to standard settings, it is 16, but you should be able to increase, and then more calculations are performed a…


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