The third part of free "Course in Draughts" is out

The third book from the serie "Course in Draughts" of Tjalling Goedemoed from the Netherlands is out.

Same as the previous 2 parts this book is written with the goal of draughts promotion.

Tjalling Goedemoed is an experienced trainer in draughts. He has worked with many successful young players who played in World and European championships. Goedemoed composed five courses in draughts at cd-rom. This trainings program containing thousands of exercises is called DamMentor.

The book "A course on draughts" is richly illustrated with diagrams and contains a large amount of exercises and solutions. Tjalling Goedemoed writes in his introduction to the book:

"This is the third and final part of a course in draughts. The first course was mainly aimed at
tactical aspects of the game. In the second course positional aspects and strategy were
introduced. We learned that there are several types of games like attacking games, classical
games, locking games etc. In this third course we will elaborate on strategic aspects of the game
in the third section. In the opening of the game the strategy begins. In section 2 an overview of
popular openings is given. We will not forget tactics in this course. As a matter of fact we start
treating sophisticated types of tactics in the first section. In the fourth section you will learn how
to think about positions in order to get the best or most attractive move. We introduce a thinking
process model that you can use during your games. Tactics and strategy are important aspects
in searching for the best move. In the first course the endgame was covered. Now in the fifth
section we will cover more difficult endgames like a king and three pieces versus a king and one
or more pieces. We will also learn a lot about three kings against one and five kings against two
kings.
Since the most difficult aspects of the game of draughts is to finish the game when having a
winning position, we will elaborate on finishing the game in the sixth section."


Of course everybody is free to give a big thank you to the author and/or the sponsor.
Their e-mail addresses:
tjalling.goedemoed@gmail.com and fluteyn@hetnet.nl

The book can be downloaded from:
http://www.wmsg-draughts.fmjd.org/Course/Course_In_Draughts.htm
Direct link to download