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In checkers, is jumping compulsory?
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| June 10th, 2016 at 9:38:12 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Okay, simple question. Is there a rule in checkers that if you can jump your opponent, then you must jump? If yes, if you can double jump, must you do both of them? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 11th, 2016 at 12:56:56 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | You should include the case where you jump and get crowned, and then another jump is available. You must continue to jump as long as you have available jumps.If you have a choice, then you don't have to make the most possible jumps. Your move stops when you are "crowned" even if you could now make an additional jump. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 6:38:53 AM permalink | |
| Mosca Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 22 Posts: 730 | Forcing jumps is part of the strategy. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 11:02:17 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Thanks for your help. I just downloaded a checkers app and it defaulted to jumping being optional. I wasn't used to that so changed the rules in settings. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 11th, 2016 at 12:41:39 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18220 | Used to play that if you did not jump you lost the potential jump. If you had two jumps it was your choice but had to jump one or the other. The President is a fink. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 1:10:46 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | Haven't seen anybody play checkers since Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction.  If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 3:05:32 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Didn't you see Bad Santa? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 11th, 2016 at 3:12:20 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
I wonder, in that movie, when Billy Bob says the worst things to the kid, if the kid is really there in the scene for it. All movies are made with one camera, when they switch to the kids face, he could easily not be there. That's a lot of crappy stuff to say to any kid, even one who's an actor. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 7:24:08 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I doubt it. He was between the ages of 9 and 10 when they shot that movie. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) starred in an R-Rated film when he was age 10 to 11. It was called "The Tailor of Panama (2001)" based on a novel by John le Carré. I read that he has never seen the movie since he was too little to watch it at the time, and he was never curious as he got older. |
| June 11th, 2016 at 10:37:58 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I think he was. The chemistry between them was too good to fake. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |