DRAUGHTS GAME: THE METHODOLOGY OF A STRONG COMPUTER DRAUGHTS PROGRAMME (10 x 10 BOARD) MIRRORED VERSION (E-BOOKS)

- January 26, 2025

THE ART OF WAR

" There are not more than five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet the combinations of them produce more flavours than can ever be tasted".

Sun Tzu on Simplicity - Complexity.

THE MIRRORED VERSION

THE THREE VOLUMES

The above quote from Sun Tzu are adequately represented in this research work as it showed us how the simple games help us to better understand the complex games.

The original study of this E-Book is adapted from the FMJD (World Draughts Federation) Version with rules based on the Majority Capture rule where a sequence MUST capture the maximum possible number of pieces. THIS MIRRORED VERSION IS A LOOK AT THAT STUDY WITH A VIEW TO ADAPTING IT BUT THIS TIME (BASED ON THE "FREE CHOICE CAPTURE RULE - WHERE ANY CAPTURE SEQUENCE MAY BE CHOSEN" AS PLAYED IN NIGERIA, GHANA AND SOME OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES). Here, the Board Placement is that the single corner (A - Diagonal) is to the Right of both players. THE FUNDAMENTAL LESSONS OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ON BOTH VERSIONS.

THE REFERENCE SECTION

For Educational Purpose and Benefit of the Mirrored Board Players, The World Championship Matches/International Tournament Games have been retained in this version and converted to the Mirrored Board Version when they conform to the rules of the Mirrored Board, to further retain the crucial lessons of the original work.

The Inclusion of these games will help the Mirrored Board Players learn from the International Grand Masters (GMI/GMIF) as if they were playing the mirrored board version. Furthermore, We have included excepts from current games from Champions like Baba Peter (AKA Akpaka), Doubra Otuku, Dafe etc.

THE REVIEW

This review takes a look at randomly selected pages from the over 1,150 pages of the Three Volumes Study.

TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY, KINDLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND THE INDEXES OF THE REFERENCES WHICH ARE HEREWITH PRESENTED IN THE REVIEWS.