World Draughts Forum

In Chess the standard interface between GUI and Engine is based on the UCI Protocol (Universal Chess Interface.
For Draughts Michel Grimminck and myself started the definition of a protocol for Draughts which is called GUIDE (Graphical User Interface Draughts Engines) .
Although we did not ...

Vity, I guess you are not trying to make the worlds strongest engine - you would not have chosen Java.
Yeah, you're absolutely right. I didn't plan to make strongest engine. Damaq is intended for mid-advanced players to improve their playing skills (that was my original idea)


I can think of two ...

Congratulations to Patrick KOPP.
As I wrote, AI is still not comparable to other LONG TIME developed applications. I am at the beginning .
I am just testing if someone would use or like it. I need motivation for creating a new version, so if I get enough positive responses from users I will make ...

I am also still looking for translators - native speakers. If you would like to help me with a translation into your language (esp. Dutch, German, Spanish,..., exclude French - we are already working on it), please contact me here or at admin/@/wordrider.net. I'll send you back short instructions ...

Hello,
I would like to introduce you first version of my application for computer draughts.
It uses international rules and you can play against computer (AI). The AI level is not still comparable to other professional applications - maybe in the future versions? http://laatste.info/bb3/images ...