Draughts for beginners

The brand new Dutch program ‘Veldheer’ is designed for beginning draughts players on the 10×10 international board. During the WMSG the developpers worked on having a version in the Chinese language also and they succeeded just in time! As from now you will find this java based computer program on www.10×10.org/veldheer in Dutch, English and Chinese. Enjoy playing draughts!

Another Dutch program for beginning players is DamMentor.

The Dutch draughts federation (KNDB) has made it possible for everyone to have their own trainer. You will find this trainer anywhere that you have an internet connection. This program is called DamMentor and has been designed by some very enthousiastic university students. Surf on over to www.dammentor.nl and start practicing today.

The online training program will help beginners to develop their combination skills. You will find the online training material easy for children to use, but don’t let the ease of use fool you. You can skip the child’s look and start learning. With DamMentor learning theory, strategy, analyzing and more is brought into the reach of everyone who wants to learn playing draughts the best they can. The advanced modules can be purchased at the KNDB office in The Netherlands: www.kndb.nl.

All training modules are named after the six Dutch world champions, Van der Wal, Wiersma, Sijbrands, Roozenburg, Springer and Hoogland. When you make it to the last course of this training program you will have had years of training and pleasure in playing draughts.

Unfortunately this program is only available in Dutch.