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The move finished after the pieces reaches the last row

hey all. I'm new to this game and have a question. if a piece reaches the last row and promotes to a queen, and there are other queens on the last row, can it jump over them and capture them or is the move finished after the pieces reaches the last row?

Pedro Martínez: There is a queen in variants with long jumps. Gothic Checkers doesn't belong to that category.

It really confuses me: This is what the checkers rules say: "However, when a queen (in variants with long jumps) can make a jump, the player cannot select a pawn to jump with". THERE IS NO QUEEN IN CHECKERS!!! How can I make a move when I don't know what my opponent is allowed to do and what not???

He will have to jump with his king.

Can someone please look at this game:
http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=508803

If I move my King to F2, will taikoki have to make a jump with his King or will he be able to choose between King and Pawn?

Ferjo: Thanks Fergo,you played the game when you were young but i'm sure it goes back even further than that,my game,regular checkerswas played BC

patch:
Well I played when I was a child on real boards, with fewer pieces (12 for each player) but i don't remember from where came from.

Gothic checkers does anyone know the origin

umm....yea, I'm completely confused now...forget I said anything. @_@

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Is it really necessary to mention that in rules...it's as if you wanted Fencer to mention in the rules of chess that you cannot move to row 9.

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"No, the checkers at the top [bottom] are really stuck. Should I mention that in the rules?"

^I meant that.

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It is. There is a note in Checkers rules about variants with long jumps.

in my opinion you should mention that in the rules.

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If I recall right, should be zero add to both players because the difference its not big enought for taking points from you. I will say you should report the game to Fencer and explain the situation.

I agree with Stevie, i think it should be Zero to both.
for example, i draw 3 games in frogs, without having 25 games played and was a zero for both of players in the 3 games.
I don't think (and understand) why it is different now.
I know the bug but i posted here like i received.
Thanks to you both for the replies.

PAFL
There is a known bug that on draws, it shows the bkr next to the wrong names at the moment

I would say that should have been 0 also

Nuno: I think you have confused the ratings - it should be Nuno Miguel (2301) and Num1Fire (2106).

The difference is probably due to the fact that Num1Fire has an extablished rating which is not likely to fluctuate much, while your rating is based only on 6 games so far & thus can change a lot - even by draws.

Hello, i draw a game with num1fire and the result was this:
Nuno Miguel: old BKR = 2106, new BKR = 2106 (0)
num1fire: old BKR = 2340, new BKR = 2301 (-39)

I think this is not right cause our rating gap was 234 points and should be add zero points to both of us.
thanks

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oooops i meant pieces LOL

Right now each game has 2 players... how do you play a game with 4 players less than that? :p

I know, but reversi can be on diferent sized boards. whereas Reversi used to only be 8x8 board. Smaller one was used to speed it up etc.

A smaller Gothic checkers would have exactly the same rules, just 16 squares less and 4 players less on each side

But it would not be gothic checkers then. The game has its specific rules, including the board size.

im sure a smaller version would attract more players :o)

I have tried it on a regular checker board using enough pieces and it seems to play ok.

LMAO well comment then Filip ;oÞ

I do.

Hellooooooo does no-one read this board?

Hello big bad wolf
sorry for the late reply.
there is no such rule about draw in turkish checkers

Do you think a 6 wide x 8 high small gothic checkers would work? So as to have a shorter game, also would mean that once down to 1 king v's 2 king, there is more chance of a win than have to draw.

Its especially better to draw when the single king is towards the centre of the board

It is possible to win in this situation. You need to have one of your kings against one of the sides, and if you can force your opponent towards one of the corners it's possible to position one of your kings so they would have to jump it and land in front of your other king for you to jump for the win. But a draw is easier since this could take a long time to do.

I may be wrong but i think it is almost impossible to force a win.

Games can be won like this, but when both are good players, its unlikely, So id agree with Fencer

anybody interested in a game ?

I think it's a draw.

I am new to Gothic Checkers. At the end of a game where I have 2 kings and my opponent has one, how can I pin him? It seems like a draw because he can always move side to side and escape capture.

Depends on the ante...uh...auntie...er...anti... lol

Although... this anti-stuff is kinda creepy...