English checkers update

[Ed Gilbert]

It's been a while since I updated kingsrow for English checkers, but I recently posted a news item at the kingrow home page that I will paste here:

9/28/2026: I have built a 12-piece endgame db for English checkers. It's big! And it's available for download. More info here: https://edgilbert.org/EnglishCheckers/1 ... lishDB.htm. There are new versions of Kingsrow (v 1.20) and CheckerBoard (v 1.78) that are needed to use the 12-piece db. Also, I have merged the opening book data for 11-man ballots into the normal Kingsrow opening book. The separate 11-man book file is no longer needed.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Hi Ed,
Thank you very much for the wonderful news.

[CheckersGuy]

Amazing work ! I would love to do some experiments with the database.

[pontel]

Já faz um tempo que não atualizo o kingsrow para damas inglesas, mas recentemente postei uma notícia na página inicial do kingrow que colarei aqui:28/09/2026: Criei um banco de dados de final de jogo de 12 peças para damas inglesas. É grande! E está disponível para download. Mais informações aqui: https://edgilbert.org/EnglishCheckers/1 ... lishDB.htm. Há novas versões do Kingsrow (v 1.20) e do CheckerBoard (v 1.78) que são necessárias para usar o banco de dados de 12 peças. Além disso, mesclei os dados do livro de abertura para cédulas de 11 homens no livro de abertura normal de Kingsrow. O arquivo de livro separado para 11 pessoas não é mais necessário.

Hello Ed,

The rules of Brazilian Checkers are the same as those of International Draughts, but played on an 8×8 board. Would you be interested?

[Ed Gilbert]

The rules of Brazilian Checkers are the same as those of International Draughts, but played on an 8×8 board. Would you be interested?

Sorry, but it's an enormous amount of time to create an engine, opening book, egdbs, test and optimize, etc. I probably don't have enough free to time to even finish the projects I'm already working on.