I set up the English Checkers group on Facebook specifically to introduce the game to Russians, all talking in Russian, many solutions in Russian chess notation, all this to minimize the discomfort of the unusual to them numeric notation. I do some lessons, Mark Sokolovsky is active too, and also Vadim Lapin and Alex Moiseyev. The few Russians are watching but do not yet respond.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/angliyskiycheckers
English checkers for Russians
-
- Posts: 411
- Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:57 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: I like sharing my checkers knowledge
- Location: Hollywood, Florida
- Contact:
English checkers for Russians
Last edited by tgf on Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:39 pm, edited 2 times in total.
-
- Posts: 226
- Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:54 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: Everything.
- Location: Honolulu, Hawai'i
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
Despite my one year of Russian enabling me to read almost nothing in Russian, the problems/positions in this group are very interesting. Spacibo bolshoi!
-
- Posts: 411
- Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:57 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: I like sharing my checkers knowledge
- Location: Hollywood, Florida
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
It was fun to create solutions in algebraic notation, its possible to trick Aurora into it.
- Patrick Parker
- Posts: 959
- Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:32 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: history of it
the players - Location: amite, louisiana
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
i really wish v kaplan hadnt put his pool books into notation. why use it?
-
- Posts: 411
- Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:57 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: I like sharing my checkers knowledge
- Location: Hollywood, Florida
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
Kaplan's books are for the Pool checkers, not the Straight checkers.
- Patrick Parker
- Posts: 959
- Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:32 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: history of it
the players - Location: amite, louisiana
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
Yes I own his books.
-
- Posts: 411
- Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:57 pm
- What do you like about checkers?: I like sharing my checkers knowledge
- Location: Hollywood, Florida
- Contact:
Re: English checkers for Russians
I wrote a bunch of Pool books, most with Latin notation, but some with numbers.
http://poolcheckers.com/books/Kacher/
http://poolcheckers.com/books/Kacher/