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DAMA ITALIANA FOR WINDOWS
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Copyright PC SOLUTIONS 1993-94, All rights reserved.
Welcome to the WINDOWS version on DAMA ITALIANA! Comprehensive help
screens are provided when you run the program - also try the VIEW
command option to replay some of the demo problems on the disk.
So, you what is DAMA ITALIANA and Italian draughts? Italian draughts is
a game that is particularly interesting to affeciados of the English game,
because it is so closely related. Indeed, when you look at the Italian
literature on it, you will see references to the 'Old fourteenth', and
other openings from the English game. Let us look at the rules, to see the
differences.
The game is played with an 'inverted' board - ie. with the single corner
on the RIGHT BOTTOM of the board. The board is numbered from 1 in Black's
right-hand single corner to 32 at White's single corner. White takes the
first move in the game. These differences are of course purely technical,
and English draughts readers will be interested to learn that DAMA ITALIANA
offers the option to play with the English board layout and numbering. The
other rules are :-
Men are NEVER allowed to capture Kings - otherwise if you can jump, YOU
MUST! When you have a choice of multiple jumps, you MUST take the option
that captures the most. When you have a choice of jumping the same number
of men with a King or Man, you MUST capture with the King. If a King has an
option of taking an equal number different ways, he MUST capture kings in
preference to men.
In other words, you must jump the most WITH the most! Other than the
above rules, the moves of Men and Kings are the same as in the English
game. While opening play is similar to English draughts, the fact that
Kings cannot be captured by men makes the Kings much more powerful. I will
now give an illustrative problem, and describe DAMA ITALIANA.
Consider the following postion - White is to play and win:-
White:5,10,12,14,19,23,28 Black:1,4,15K,18,22,27K,32K
(See diagram for problem 299 below..)
How long does it take you to solve this? Well DAMA ITALIANA can solve it
in less than one second on a 486 PC!! Play continues -
12-7, 27x20, 10-6, 32x23, 14-11, 23x14, 6-3, 15x6, 3x10x19x26, 1x10,
26-22, 4x11, 23x13x6x15x24 - A complete wipe-out! Of course, DAMA
ITALIANA can solve other problems, of equal and greater complexity.
DAMA ITALIANA (Professional) is a new, powerful program that can play
Italian Draughts at master level strength. DAMA ITALIANA provides a strong
sparring partner, comparable to the worlds best Italian players! It can
annotate and store your games, then print or replay them at a later date.
You can also use it enter and solve complex tactical problems. DAMA
ITALIANA has already created a stir among players of the Italian variant of
draughts - it is the only program in the world that can play this game!
DAMA ITALIANA is ONLY available for PC compatible computers, and costs
72,000 lire (Italy), or $49 (USA) or 30 pounds (England) - you can pay with
a normal cheque in your own currency, no special money order needed.
Send orders/enquiries (Questions in ENGLISH please!) payable to:-
PC SOLUTIONS, PO Box 954, Bournemouth, BH7 6LH, ENGLAND
+------------------------+
| 1 ::: 2 ::: 3 ::: 4 :::| Black side, moving down.
|::: 5 ::: 6 ::: 7 ::: 8 |
| 9 ::: 10::: 11::: 12:::|
|::: 13::: 14::: 15::: 16| Numbering used for Italian draughts.
| 17::: 18::: 19::: 20:::|
|::: 21::: 22::: 23::: 24|
| 25::: 26::: 27::: 28:::|
|::: 29::: 30::: 31::: 32| White side, moving up.
+------------------------+
Installing DAMA ITALIANA on WINDOWS.
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To install DAMA ITALIANA to run under windows, follow these steps:-
1) Run windows, and select the GAMES group.
2) Hold the ALT key down, and double-click the mouse at an empty
position where you want DAMA ITALIANA to appear.
3) The cursor will be in the DESCRIPTION box - type the name of the
program - ie. DAMA ITALIANA.
4) Now click the cursor on the COMMAND LINE box, and enter the path
for DAMA ITALIANA - ie. C:\ITAL\ITAL52W.EXE - if in doubt, use
the BROWSE option.
5) Now click on the CHANGE ICON box - you will be asked to select an icon
from the Program Manager. Click OK on that, then enter the path
for DAMA ITALIANA - ie. C:\ITAL\ITAL.ICO or use browse again.
6) Click on OK, and you are ready to go!
ENDGAME PROBLEMS for you to try..
---------------------------------
x = Black man, X= Black king, o = White man, O= White king.
White to move and win. (Dama sport 1988) Problem 299.
+------------------------+
| x ::: ::: ::: x :::|
|::: o ::: ::: ::: |
| ::: o ::: ::: o :::|
|::: ::: o ::: X ::: |
| ::: x ::: o ::: :::|
|::: ::: x ::: o ::: |
| ::: ::: X ::: o :::|
|::: ::: ::: ::: X |
+------------------------+
1. 12-7 27-20 2. 10-6 32-23 3. 14-11 23-14
4. 6-3 15-6 5. 3-10-19-26 1-10 6. 26-22 4-11
7. 22-13-6-15-24
White wins.
White to move and win. (Dama sport 1988) Problem 300.
+------------------------+
| ::: ::: x ::: :::|
|::: ::: o ::: o ::: |
| ::: o ::: ::: o :::|
|::: ::: o ::: o ::: |
| ::: ::: X ::: :::|
|::: o ::: x ::: X ::: |
| X ::: o ::: x ::: X :::|
|::: ::: o ::: ::: |
+------------------------+
1. 14-11 25-18 2. 12-8 19-12 3. 26-19 23-14-5
4. 30-23 28-19 5. 8-4 3-10 6. 4-8 12-3
7. 11-7 3-12 8. 8-15-22-13-6 5-9
9. 6-10 9-13 10. 10-17
White wins.
AND FINALLY..
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This version of DAMA ITALIANA is released as shareware. You may distribute
it as long as you don't alter it in any way. We give permission to Shareware
distributers to sell disks or CD-ROMS with our programs on.
Please remember that shareware is NOT free, but 'try before you buy',
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see the advert within the program.
People often ask how we generate such small, fast programs - well special
thanks must go to Borland and their excellent Turbo-C compiler - which
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with our special tools and graphics libraries (see our Util-Pack) we can
generate very efficient code. Overall we find the Turbo-C compiler to be
superior to other comparable C/C++ compilers - especially at the price they
are sold for! We have also just got the Borland C 4.0 compiler for WINDOWS
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have had to put up with the large overheads imposed by Visual and Quick
Basic, we can strongly recommend the Borland option.
Contact Borland UK on Freephone 0800 212727 (or 0734 321150) for further info.
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PC SOLUTIONS now also market special PROFESSIONAL versions of SAGE DRAUGHTS,
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