World Draughts Forum

1. Is it possible to play Russian draughts in "flying draughts". 2. Is there an application under Window to install so that people can watch the tournament live on the internet. 3. What about time - can a chess clock be connected 4. If the chess clock cannot be connected, how was the time problem s...

Rein Halbersma wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 09:51

BTW, keep tuned on this forum for some exciting TensorFlow developments that I've been working on. Updates coming soon!

Thanks Rein. That is a fascinating read. It is really amazing how ML keeps changing the rules of the game, quite literally!

I just posted a brief instructional video on navigating the menus of Checkers for Android and connecting the application with the Certabo electronic chessboard. I even found a way to enter "ambiguous" moves through the electronic board.

Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:31

Please, do it on Windows 10 64 bit.

Ai, I am terribly sorry, but this is really an Android only project for me. You may want to ask on the Certabo Forum if there are any plans to support checkers with a Windows application.

I have a question because I'm very interested in it. Is using a board " Electronic checker boards (over bluetooth) " to run a Russian draugths tournament in flying draughts. I would like to buy this board, but I must know that it will meet my expectations. Hi Krzysztof, I would really like to see a...

I also added a "paste from FEN" option, which allows quickly setting up a checkers puzzle. For example, to study one of the problems given in the Checker Maven , simply copy the text B:WK12,15,23,28:B21,K22,K31 under the diagram to the clipboard (which even on a mobile can be done easily). Then open...

Now that Checkers for Android supports a position setup editor, analyzing textbook studies has become a lot simpler. This has increased the significance of the small built-in endgame tablebases of my app as well, as can be seen in the study below. Here, starting from what is known as the "first posi...

I think it's a shame that your wonderful Android work gets so little attention. OTOH, we're mostly 10x10 programmers, so if you ever get around to making a 10x10 GUI that can load engines (as you did for chess) then I think there'd be quite a bit more response. Keep up the good work! It's okay. I h...

It looks really awesome, but why isn't stacking the pieces a viable solution? Yes, Checkers for Android could easily identify the chip of the piece that promotes as a king and play from there. The human players probably want to mark that piece also somehow for their own recognition (and stacking wo...

I finished a position setup feature for Checkers for Android, similar to what was already in Chess for Android. This feature allows users to copy interesting checker problems from textbooks or other sources and play from there to improve their game. In addition, I added an option to show the square ...

I got my new set of identifying chips from Certabo. Together with custom-made checker pieces (courtesy Gerard Harbers) , Checkers for Android is ready to play!

Not much feedback (yet?), but I am continuing with this idea regardless. Below you see the concept, a regular piece and a king (dividing the 32 identifying chips of Certabo into 24 regular pieces and 10 kings, to avoid having to stack the regular pieces). Courtesy my brother-in-law for the 3D printe...

Happy 2019, checker friends! I extended the electronic board support in my Android chess app, which now supports Certabo, DGT, and Millennium (some USB, some bluetooth). The Certabo board in particular may be interesting for 8x8 checkers, since it ships with 34 identifying chips (full chess set + 2 ...

See if you like it. The checkers app is soon to follow! I am rolling out a new version of Checkers for Android with: Use of parentheses for alternating moves Slightly nicer layout of columns Slightly improved display while navigating Ability to export game to clipboard or sharing as PDN (portable d...

Yes, there are many apps for the casual player. Having a variety of game apps with pluggable engine support would cater to engine developers and make your apps the de facto GUI on Android. Anyway, thanks for being so responsive! I added the parentheses convention to my reversi app, together with an...