BrainKing - Panouri de discuţii (Checkers)

Checkers

Discuss about checkers game or find new opponents. No insulting, baiting or flaming other players. Off topic posts are subject to deletion and if it persists the poster faces sanctions. This board is for checkers.

Lista posturilor afişate

Mod: Toatã lumea poate afişa

Prima oarã aratã mesajele mai vechi

12. Martie 2008, 19:42:59

AbigailII

arată ce a scris acest utilizator | legătură

Subiectul: Cheat sheet.

With nine close related checkers variants, it may be hard to remember which rules apply to which game. Therefore, I made a cheat sheet, condensing all the rules.


                         +-------------+
                         |   Captures  |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Name   | Size  | Prom. | bw lc lr pp |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| US     |  8x8  | King  | N  N  Pe N  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Czech  |  8x8  | Queen | N  N  Pe Y  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Inter. | 10x10 | Queen | Y  Y  Cb N  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Canada | 12x12 | Queen | Y  Y  Cb N  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Brazil |  8x8  | Queen | Y  Y  Cb N  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Russia |  8x8  | Queen | Y  N  Pc N  |                                      |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Thai   |  8x8  | Queen | N  N  Pe N  | Queen lands directly after stone.    |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Port.  |  8x8  | Queen | N  Y  Pe N  | Capture most queens.                 |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Italy  |  8x8  | King  | N  Y  Pe Y  | 1) Longest capture preference.       |
|        |       |       |             | 2) Capture with King preference.     |
|        |       |       |             | 3) Capture most Kings preference.    |
|        |       |       |             | 4) Capture first King preference.    |
+--------+-------+-------+-------------+--------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------+
| Captures                                             |
+------------------------------------------------------+
| bw:  Stones capture backwards.                       |
| lc:  Longest capture mandatory.                      |
| lr:  Capturing stone reaches last row:               |
|      Pe:  Promotes, and turn ends.                   |
|      Cb:  Continue capturing backwards, if possible. |
|      Pc:  Promotes, continue capturing if possible.  |
| pp:  Capturing with a promoted piece has preference. |
+------------------------------------------------------+