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English Draughts
The classic American game — men capture forward only — on a 128-wide NNUE.
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The engine
The evaluation is an NNUE neural network — 128 hidden units over 128 input features — written in C and compiled straight into the app. It is trained from self-play by a Go trainer, quantised to 16-bit integers, and evaluated incrementally so the search can afford to call it at every node.
The rules of this variant
English draughts — American checkers — is the most restrictive of the family. Men move and capture forwards only, and kings step one square at a time rather than flying. Capturing is mandatory, but you may choose which capture to play.
What you get
- Play offline against a neural-network engine — no account, no connection
- A real 3D board rendered with three.js, alongside the classic 2D board
- Analysis board with an evaluation bar and best-move hints
- Game review: step back through a finished game move by move
- Custom position setup, pass & play on one device, and AI vs AI
- Board and piece themes, and a rules panel for the variant
Screens
Click any image to view it full size. The 3D shots are the real board renderer, captured from the same page the app ships.
