Andre Faria: Ustica! Good at checkers? Hmmmmm!!

Andre Faria: He is under no obligation to explain anyihing to you. The next time you flame or bait another member you will be banned from this board.

Andre Faria: No more on this topic. The DB is for checkers.

I can not explain the reason for the rule any more clearly than I already have. Fencer can change it if he decides to.

Andre Faria: No one translated it. We were just giving notice before removing it.

Andre Faria: All posts are reviewed by the moderator, co-moderators and Global Moderators and must be in English.

gandhi2: Please post in English only.

Does anybody needs me to translate it? It would be a pleasure! ;)

Socrates: Good info. Thanks. I never had an easy game with any GST guy.

Purple: GST (Grooves Speed Team) was an online checkers team from 1999-2003. The leader was Favian Elmore (gst_favian) and consisted of very good online players, a few mediocre tournament players, and a few program players. These players played at IYT, Kurnik checkers and Yahoo! checkers. The team is dead now - I haven't seen a player with the gst subname in 2 years or more...

There are many checkers teams in kurnik checkers, and maybe some in yahoo checkers. These players don't play in BK or IYT. They are highly skilled speed players.

I have checker books and magazines for sale if anyone is interested. I have complete sets of Draughst Razoo too.
Just message me.

Stardust: You offered once. He had his chance. LOL.

I started playing a checkers game on Goldtoken almost 5 years ago (Oct 23,2001). On the 21st of January 2002 I offered a draw and was denied. That was at move # 31.
We are now up to move # 146. A third party interfered and asked Badger to declare a draw. Badger messaged me and I declined the draw...Let's say I can be stubborn ;-)

Gabriel Almeida: link: Checkers (david upshaw vs. !Undertaker!)

Purple: it's my game. I'll propose draw. We had 4 pieces each, so I tried to win.

Gabriel Almeida: I think David will take it to Fencer. I was just trying to help him out.

Purple: link it!

124 moves so far!

Gabriel Almeida: LOL:) Purple has thaught me well playing checkers threw the years here and at other sites.lol;) I enjoy playing you in any game.GL this time he he we will have fun :)playing

"Have Fun": Eheh... I remember that. It needs pacience, but it's possible! Gothik checkers have much more possibilities than any other variants, so it's always hard to say it is a draw. I think it is only a draw in a 1-1 situation.Well, there are another possibility, in a 2-2 situation, but it's not fair to tell you wich, since the game is not finished yet. ;)

Purple: That's right... in IYT, they had the rule (a fair rule, indeed) of the same board for the 3rd move, gives a draw. We could suggest it to Fencer!

Gabriel Almeida: I had agame of Gothic Checkers with Fencer It was a 2 2 game and he said it was a Draw because nobody could Win.But you proved that wrong when i had game with you .You Won Thanks for showing me:)

Gabriel Almeida: This is a 3-3 game involving one of our Tiger Club players. Fencer may not recognize a 3-3 draw since he is not an expert at checkers.

Andre Faria: It happenned to me too, and Fencer have done the same. I think it depends on the knowledge of Fencer about the game. For players who really know, for example, anti-checkers game, it's easy to know when it is a draw. To people who doesn't know so much the game, they might think it is not a draw. I'm thinking in a 4-2 situation, that it's clearly a draw, if the 2 pieces are together (and the defender s a good player)...

Purple: LOL depends on Fencers system or mood he he LOL:).I have had games go on forever then others maybe 4 or 5 moves WHO KNOWS LOL:)

Some games are clearly draws and even after 100 moves they will still be draws. If one player refuses to accept the draw offer it is poor sportmanship in my opinion. Does anybody know BK's remedy for this?

Stardust: To my knowledge we all avoided the real world.

Purple: Do they play in the real world as well or just the internet like your group?

I'm not sure what the initials stood for but it was an elite group of highly skilled players who dominated the internet. I was able to assemble players who were to form the early KM and defeat all the GST players. We had Sartex, Usurper, Ronco, ZymetteBadbrain, Ustica, Nomad and a few others. But they were tough as nails..especially their best players.

Gabriel Almeida: Whats GST??

Andre Faria: We both know 3 of them... I don't know if you can recognize them, Andre! You haven't been so many years in IYT as I've been, but I'm sure you've already played against them!

Gabriel Almeida: I would like to know more about this.

Purple: Yes, GST are still there. And here...

gooner: Absolutely. Our game needs to be promoted. I know many former teen "prodogies" who have quit playing competively altogether. Something is turning them off. There is too big a gap between the champions and the next level down. Some of these pro's from Barbados won't play you for less than $500.

Purple: I thought the internet may have produced more "Keen" players who want to step further rather than just on the internet and play in real tournaments. The game needs it, yet recently at the English Championship only seven people showed up. The game needs to be promoted better and should start here on the internet.