10x10 Draughts

In October the Amersfoort Open tournament was played. See Toernooibase for a table with the complete results. The 2024 edition was won by Anton van Berkel with 11 points in 7 rounds, followed by Alexander Shvartsman, Thomy Mbongo and Kees Romijn with 10 points. Take a look at some highlights of the games.

Between 1 and 17 september, the unofficial world championship computer draughts was organized by Krzysztof Grzelak. See Toernooibase for a table with the complete results. The tournament was won by the program Ares  (Joost Buijs) with 41 points in 30 games, followed by Moby Dam (Harm Jetten), Kingsrow (Ed Gilbert), Damage (Bert Tuyt) en Dragon Pro (Michel Grimminck) all with 40 points. Take a look at some highlights of the games. Note that the comments are in Dutch(!).

Platform Damkunst has published a booklet titled Mijn eerste scalp, written by Ton Sijbrands. It contains an extensive 100 page analysis of the game Sijbrands-Beeke that was played in 1963. Take a look at a short review of the book.

On Toernooibase Gerrit Boom shows five examples of a very practical combination idea. This idea can easily occur in classical games, but it is unclear whether anyone has ever applied it in practice. It looks like a great addition to Gerrit's book about standard combinations.