people keep saying that checkers is better than chess do you agree?

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ChessGuyIdk2
Gart_Arfunkel wrote:

Which people supposedly keep saying this?  Or are you just trying to stir up trouble on a chess website, Mr. Troll? 

ChessGuyIdk2 wrote:

seriously i hear people saying that its better why are people saying that im a troll also im allowing you to have your own opinion why ya mad at me

 

QueenBettie

What I meant is that in draughts you can have a long term strategy based on the fact that both sides will get a confrontation unavoidably because they can not move backwards. You must take into consideration that you do not get stuck in the long run. In the meaning that you have to play a move that is bad, just because the rules force you to make a move. I know in chess there is the idea of "zugzwang", but that is more of a tactical idea where in draughts the obligation to move has both strategical and tactical consequences.

Of course chess has strategy as well and in both chess and draughts it is important to develop your pieces, but the fact that pieces in chess can move backwards makes a strategy of just freezing out your opponent unlikely to me.

idilis
ChessGuyIdk2 wrote:
Gart_Arfunkel wrote:

Which people supposedly keep saying this?  Or are you just trying to stir up trouble on a chess website, Mr. Troll? 

ChessGuyIdk2 wrote:

seriously i hear people saying that its better why are people saying that im a troll also im allowing you to have your own opinion why ya mad at me

1. New account and first topic post

2. So far no one else who's posted here so far has heard people say that

3. He didn't sound mad

4. What happened to @chessguyidk

dfgh123

Definitely a link between hating checkers and not studying the endgame.

nononono06

No