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Subject: Differences between checkers and (international or 10x10) draughts

Author: Nicolas GUIBERT

Date: 01:52:10 12/10/02

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>Draughts and checkers=same things correct?  So then where is cake and Chinook..?
> Or is that a completly different game?

Many differences between the games. Tony Werten explained most of them. On the
computing side, there are also some interesting differences :

International draughts is farther from being solved than Checkers for a few
reasons :

- average number of moves per game : 50-60 per player (25-30 for checkers)
- average number of moves per position : 10-13 (6-7-8 ?)
- number of pieces at the start of the game : 20 per player (12)
- opening book is much less decisive than in Checkers and any other game. In
10x10 draughts, it is mostly a question of fashion. All opening moves are good !
Can you find many games with this feature ?

The best programs have not yet reached the level of world champion. It has
already been done in checkers for a few years. And well, also, already twice in
Chess.

Hope this is of interest.



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