Theory and practice

Sometimes you play a game. You play and play. You play well. And then you play again and again. And then, bang! Like a bolt from the blue—a blunder! Not just any blunder, but a mysterious and incomprehensible one. We have compiled an anonymous collection of blunders…

The full version of the children’s counting game:

The Master was riding on a cart,

He was giving everyone nuts.

Two for one, three for two —

You’ll be the director!

The full version of the children’s counting game:

The Master was riding on a cart,

He was giving everyone nuts.

Two for one, three for two —

You’ll be the director!

To play draughts well, you need to have very good tactical skills. Sometimes, a combination is preceded by painstaking analytical work at the board. Other times, your opponent may be careless or inattentive. However, the excitement of executing a beautiful and elegant combination is truly exhilarating.

It is not always possible to come out of the opening with the best position and at the end to fight for the victory, you also have to defend. Sometimes it seems that the position is already ‘impossible to save’, after a while you will have to give up, but there is the only plan that still leads to a cherished draw.

At the moment, there is very little material on positional play on a large board. We decided to fill this empty niche. We are starting a series of publications on the books of J. Krayenbrinka about the problems of positional play with the analysis of system errors by most players and coaches. You can purchase all of J. Krayenbrink’s books in our store.

Author: Harry De Waard

According to the materials of foreign press. This section of draughts used to be very popular in draughts material editions. It is good that nowadays there are such draughts players who mark interesting combinational games and ideas. ‘Catch’ in the ocean of draughts game ‘draughts pearls’. One time in a month we are going to publish the findings of different authors on our webpage. Perhaps an idea from here will help you to win in your own draughts game.

It is not always possible to come out of the opening with the best position and at the end to fight for the victory, you also have to defend. Sometimes it seems that the position is already ‘impossible to save’, after a while you will have to give up, but there is the only plan that still leads to a cherished draw.

Another international tournament has passed and left pleasant memories for the prize-winners and winners, and a large baggage of experience for the rest of the players. Let’s recall some bright and sometimes easy moments from the games of famous draughts players.