I just got into checkers and watched a lot of your videos and even recently bought Lees' Guide to draughts or checkers, but I'm having trouble understanding how to read it properly when learning to play out different variations of any certain opening.
Hello! This is all wonderful news -- congratulations! Typically, my recommendations to anyone just getting into checkers is to just play the game and stay away from all books! But, since you have Lees' Guide, I have some additional recommendations. After memorizing the board numbers (this is essential), spend some of your time going over the main trunk line of some openings (not looking at any variations). I would focus on these three openings: Single Corner, Old 14th, and Cross. If your opponents don't play exactly what's written in the text -- that's OK! There's where experience comes into play, but at least you'll have the foundation from what is in Lees' Guide. Hope this helps and please keep me up to date with your progress!
If my opponent misses a jump, then I can take his piece for not jumping. Is that correct? And when I do take his piece for not jumping is it still my turn
In the past century, yes. But the "huff" rule doesn't exist in today's game. If such a situation occurs now, the correct move (jump) is made and the game continues.
Are you referring to Giveaway checkers? I am not too familiar, although I have played it briefly in the past. I am not sure if there is any published play either, unfortunately!
azcheckers interesting. Kears has always been a sought after book. I have a ton of old game books and some seem more venerable than others. Tescheleits books have always been a source and lots of books on just one opening. Bolands books are wonderful. I never really got the game no matter how hard i tried. Los Angeles used to have players at Mac Arthur park and Vancouver BC at Stanley Park. Fun to watch the old timers but put of my league.
@@sacramentoskip Really appreciate the message, and hopefully my videos will do the trick for you "getting the game." Master Play by Tescheleit and Kear's are must-haves for the serious checkers player. Unfortunately a lot of the play in those books is obsolete or flawed. I believe Don Lafferty said something to the effect of it's not the lines you know, but the relevant lines you know. I still enjoy both books, as well as Bolands collection. Familiar Themes and Border Classics are two of my favorites.
@@sacramentoskip Yes, I play occasionally on playok.com . In my opinion, it's the best site to play on for real time games. It's free to sign up or you can log on as a guest. If you start playing there, let me know!
Thanks for this feedback -- nobody had mentioned it previously, so my more recent videos revert back to doing this. If you don't mind me asking, is there a reason you don't prefer how I jump in this video?
@@azcheckers At 1:09 you do a shortcut which is OK, but as a complete novice I had to replay and pause the video to interpret what you did. Yourdemonstation is fine for experienced players, but as a novice I needed to confirm that what you did had a valid explanation. You are not doing anything wrong. It's just an irritation. The confusion at 1:09 comes when you don't remove the white piece that has been jumped, but remove the white jumper that is going to end upon the same square as the white jumped piece. It's all valid, but I don't want to have to work out your abbreviation.
@@barryisland5942 Thank you very much, I really appreciate your feedback and that makes sense to me. Going forward, I'll complete the sequence, as I agree, it might look a little confusing about why a piece was suddenly removed from the board. Something I am trying to balance with this channel is creating videos that are most helpful for beginners. I have been told that my videos are too advanced, and have also been told that's not true at all. This channel is for beginners, and those trying to improve in the game. Any suggestions you have here would be greatly appreciated!
@@azcheckers You're very welcome, and I appreciate you accepting my comments without taking any offence. You are doing a good job, and I am learning from you verty successfully. No, I don't think your videos are too advanced for a learner. The rate at which you speak is good. No problems there. My suggestion is more about your hand movements, where there seems to be an assumption that the viewer is OK with what you are showing. Maybe before you pick up a piece to jump, first point with your finger what you are going to do. In particular, with a double or triple jump, don't dive straight to the finishing square and remove the intermediate pieces. Rather bounce to the finishing square. As I said earlier, I found 1:09 in your video confusing because a piece which had been jumped over was left on the board. It's easy to understand why you did that, but it required a replay to verify it. You're doing very well! Thank you very much. I'm enjoying myself with your videos!
@@barryisland5942 Thank you very much for the kind words! I am always looking to improve, and thats why I take feedback like yours very seriously. Going forward, I'll take my time with the jumps so everyone can follow along in real time. I like your idea of pointing to the piece prior to the jump as well. I am a believer in repetition when it comes to understanding a lot of the themes I demonstrate, so hopefully my videos have high replay value! I'm glad to hear you are enjoying my videos and if you would ever like to share any of your games, I'd be happy to review and analyze them in a future video. Again, thank you very much for the feedback and suggestions. They will be implemented going forward!
That's great news! Becoming a master checkers player takes years of dedication and study, coupled with experience and good fortune. I'll keep an eye out for you in playok and hopefully we can play some games!
I just got into checkers and watched a lot of your videos and even recently bought Lees' Guide to draughts or checkers, but I'm having trouble understanding how to read it properly when learning to play out different variations of any certain opening.
Hello! This is all wonderful news -- congratulations! Typically, my recommendations to anyone just getting into checkers is to just play the game and stay away from all books! But, since you have Lees' Guide, I have some additional recommendations. After memorizing the board numbers (this is essential), spend some of your time going over the main trunk line of some openings (not looking at any variations). I would focus on these three openings: Single Corner, Old 14th, and Cross. If your opponents don't play exactly what's written in the text -- that's OK! There's where experience comes into play, but at least you'll have the foundation from what is in Lees' Guide. Hope this helps and please keep me up to date with your progress!
@@azcheckers I shall! Thank you for the response!
@@T0mCat115 You're very welcome!
If my opponent misses a jump, then I can take his piece for not jumping. Is that correct? And when I do take his piece for not jumping is it still my turn
In the past century, yes. But the "huff" rule doesn't exist in today's game. If such a situation occurs now, the correct move (jump) is made and the game continues.
I remembered playing 12 vs 1. The winner is the loser. But now I forgot how to make the moves. Can you help?
Are you referring to Giveaway checkers? I am not too familiar, although I have played it briefly in the past. I am not sure if there is any published play either, unfortunately!
@@azcheckers 12 vs 1 . The twelve is moving to get killed. I am not sure how you called it.
Thanks
@@TheKarenPoe Yes, I think that is Giveaway checkers / draughts. I am really not sure!
What is your research material? Kear’s Encyclopedia.
Not so much for my opening videos. They are really based off of Fortman's analysis (documented in not only his BC books, but also ACF Bulletins).
azcheckers interesting. Kears has always been a sought after book. I have a ton of old game books and some seem more venerable than others. Tescheleits books have always been a source and lots of books on just one opening. Bolands books are wonderful. I never really got the game no matter how hard i tried. Los Angeles used to have players at Mac Arthur park and Vancouver BC at Stanley Park. Fun to watch the old timers but put of my league.
@@sacramentoskip Really appreciate the message, and hopefully my videos will do the trick for you "getting the game." Master Play by Tescheleit and Kear's are must-haves for the serious checkers player. Unfortunately a lot of the play in those books is obsolete or flawed. I believe Don Lafferty said something to the effect of it's not the lines you know, but the relevant lines you know. I still enjoy both books, as well as Bolands collection. Familiar Themes and Border Classics are two of my favorites.
azcheckers do you play online and if yes, which program?
@@sacramentoskip Yes, I play occasionally on playok.com . In my opinion, it's the best site to play on for real time games. It's free to sign up or you can log on as a guest. If you start playing there, let me know!
Please play the moves, rather than abbreviating by taking off two pieces as a result of two comsecutive jumps.
Thanks for this feedback -- nobody had mentioned it previously, so my more recent videos revert back to doing this. If you don't mind me asking, is there a reason you don't prefer how I jump in this video?
@@azcheckers At 1:09 you do a shortcut which is OK, but as a complete novice I had to replay and pause the video to
interpret what you did. Yourdemonstation is fine for experienced players, but as a novice I needed to confirm that what you did had a valid explanation. You are not doing anything wrong. It's just an irritation. The confusion at 1:09 comes when you don't remove the white piece that has been jumped, but remove the white jumper that is going to end upon the same square as the white jumped piece. It's all valid, but I don't want to have to work out your abbreviation.
@@barryisland5942 Thank you very much, I really appreciate your feedback and that makes sense to me. Going forward, I'll complete the sequence, as I agree, it might look a little confusing about why a piece was suddenly removed from the board.
Something I am trying to balance with this channel is creating videos that are most helpful for beginners. I have been told that my videos are too advanced, and have also been told that's not true at all. This channel is for beginners, and those trying to improve in the game. Any suggestions you have here would be greatly appreciated!
@@azcheckers You're very welcome, and I appreciate you accepting my comments without taking any offence.
You are doing a good job, and I am learning from you verty successfully.
No, I don't think your videos are too advanced for a learner. The rate at which you speak is good. No problems there. My suggestion is more about your hand movements, where there seems to be an assumption that the viewer is OK with what you are showing. Maybe before you pick up a piece to jump, first point with your finger what you are going to do. In particular, with a double or triple jump, don't dive straight to the finishing square and remove the intermediate pieces. Rather bounce to the finishing square. As I said earlier, I found 1:09 in your video confusing because a piece which had been jumped over was left on the board. It's easy to understand why you did that, but it required a replay to
verify it.
You're doing very well! Thank you very much. I'm enjoying myself with your videos!
@@barryisland5942 Thank you very much for the kind words! I am always looking to improve, and thats why I take feedback like yours very seriously. Going forward, I'll take my time with the jumps so everyone can follow along in real time. I like your idea of pointing to the piece prior to the jump as well. I am a believer in repetition when it comes to understanding a lot of the themes I demonstrate, so hopefully my videos have high replay value!
I'm glad to hear you are enjoying my videos and if you would ever like to share any of your games, I'd be happy to review and analyze them in a future video. Again, thank you very much for the feedback and suggestions. They will be implemented going forward!
How I gonna be master of this game u can teach online in play ok my use name is luka naylan please azchakers
That's great news! Becoming a master checkers player takes years of dedication and study, coupled with experience and good fortune. I'll keep an eye out for you in playok and hopefully we can play some games!
What is the best work through when 11-15 ,22-17 ,9-14 is played? @azchecker
25-22 is definitely the most restrictive after those opening moves. 23-19 can also be played, but it allows red to dictate the game.