Editing International draughts (section)

==Computers==
Computer draughts programs have been improving every year. First draughts programs were written in the mid-1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alemanni.pagesperso-orange.fr/dam11_e.html|title=Orange|access-date=24 September 2016|archive-date=11 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075241/http://alemanni.pagesperso-orange.fr/dam11_e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first computer draughts tournament took place in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alemanni.pagesperso-orange.fr/page1c_e.html|title=Orange|access-date=24 September 2016|archive-date=16 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916005350/http://alemanni.pagesperso-orange.fr/page1c_e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1993, computer draughts program Truus ranked about 40th in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fragrieu.free.fr/SearchingForSolutions.pdf|title=Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence By Louis Victor Allis. Chapter 6 section 3.8 page 169|access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> In 2003 computer draughts program Buggy beat world number 8 Samb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buggy-online.com/index_e.htm|title=The draughts program Buggy|access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> In 2005, the 10-time world champion and 2005 World champion, [[Alexei Chizhov]], commented that he could not beat the computer, but he also would not lose to the computer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laatste.info/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=1692&p=49645#p49645|title=Who wins a match between the world champion and a computer? - World Draughts Forum|access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> In 2010, the 9 piece [[endgame database]] was built.<ref name=Kingsrow>{{cite web|last=Gilbert |first=Ed|title=9 piece endgame database| url=http://edgilbert.org/Checkers/KingsRow.htm |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>

===Schwarzman beat Maximus (2012)===
Alexander Schwarzman beat computer program Maximus on April 14, 2012. Schwarzman won game 2 in the 6-game match. The other 5 games were draws. Schwarzman was world champion in 1998, 2007, and 2009. Jan-Jaap van Horssen of the Netherlands wrote Maximus. Maximus used a six-piece endgame database. The computer was an Intel core i7-3930K at 3.2&nbsp;GHz 32 gigabytes memory; it had six cores with hyperthreading. The average search depth was 24.5 ply. The average number of moves evaluated per second was 23,357,000. The average search time was 3 minutes and 52.98 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maximus – Schwarzman: digitale gladiator tegen keizer van vlees en bloed|url=http://www.nkdammen2012.nl/index.php/nevenactiviteiten/match-maximus-schwarzman|access-date=10 May 2012|language=nl|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415072601/http://nkdammen2012.nl/index.php/nevenactiviteiten/match-maximus-schwarzman|archive-date=15 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=van Horssen|first=Jan-Jaap|title=Maximus vs. Schwarzman draughts match|url=http://laatste.info/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3801&start=30|work=Draughts, Computer, Internet|publisher=World Draughts Forum|access-date=10 May 2012|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219032253/http://laatste.info/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3801&start=30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===List of top international draughts programs===
* Scan by Fabien Letouzey
* [[KingsRow]]<ref>[http://edgilbert.org/Checkers/KingsRow.htm Kingsrow] Ed Gilbert site</ref> by Ed Gilbert
* Dragon Draughts<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mdgsoft.home.xs4all.nl/draughts/index.html|title=Dragon draughts - computer program|website=mdgsoft.home.xs4all.nl|access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>
* Damage by Bert Tuyt
* Damy
* Maximus

Some older well known programs are:
* Truus

* Flits

===Computer tournament winners===
* Culemborg 2013   Dragon Draughts
* Culemborg 2012   Dragon Draughts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.kpn.nl/nagel580/compdam/hs3300.htm |title=Sneldamkampioenschap van Nederland 2012 |publisher=Home.kpn.nl |date=2012-09-16 |access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref>
* Culemborg 2011   Maximus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.kpn.nl/nagel580/compdam/hs3270.htm |title=Sneldamkampioenschap van Nederland 2011 |publisher=Home.kpn.nl |date=2011-09-18 |access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref>
* Culemborg 2010   Damage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.kpn.nl/nagel580/compdam/hs3230.htm |title=Sneldamkampioenschap van Nederland 2010 |publisher=Home.kpn.nl |date=2010-09-12 |access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref>
* Culemborg 2009   Damy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.kpn.nl/nagel580/compdam/hs3190.htm |title=Sneldamkampioenschap van Nederland 2009 |publisher=Home.kpn.nl |date=2009-09-13 |access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref>