The Master was riding on a cart, giving everyone nuts. Part One

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!

Training calculation and developing its depth is an extremely difficult, but necessary task in the preparation of a strong player. It all starts with simple positions on a small board. The idea of Embden is well known to any advanced draughts player. Other techniques such as “Fork”, “Crossroads”, “Locking”, and many others are also well-known. In Russian draughts, the excellent publications by M. Fedorov, L. Vitoshkin, and other authors help to train draughts players.

But what about reading and watching international draughts on a large board? We decided to help our readers and turned to the well-known publication of the Dutch shashist G. Benning.

Starting this week, we will begin publishing small positions for homework. The answers to our first lesson will be available in a week. Let’s move on to the positions:

	In the first part, there are several positions for warm-up. In all positions, White starts and wins. We test the depth of our calculations and our skills in practical endgame techniques.
	“Het eindspel”, J.F. Moser< idea J.J.H. Mertens 1941 White starts and wins
	idea P. Groeneworld White starts and wins
	White starts and wins
	White starts and wins
	White starts and wins