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Helger, the best player in the Kalah in the history of the site, has been waiting for a letter from the site administration for three years, which promised to answer him as soon as possible. He probably hopes that the site administration are people of honor and keep their word.

Я не вижу ни одной темы, не затрагивающей настольные игры. Допустим, литература, кино, спорт. Это запрещено, или нет желающих?

I doubt that anyone can judge that.

It’s a great pity that Kumbi left us so soon; it would have been interesting to learn how to beat him.

Очень жаль, что Кумби нас так быстро покинул, было бы интересно научиться у него выигрывать.

The website has changed the game notation in chess, returning it to the traditional short form. Do the same in Kalah!

C0d3N1nj4 wrote: ↑21 April 2026, 13:34

Trepiastok wrote: ↑12 March 2026, 21:25 Is it possible to perform such a miracle: a normal, standard chess notation of the game?

Done!

Standard Chess notation can now be activated in the 4.0 version of the extension.

I hope everyone enjoys it

О, спасибо большое !

No, I mean the usual chess notation. As a result of all these attempts to reinvent the wheel, the interface becomes extremely inconvenient. It is especially unnatural to win without the opponent’s moves when the opponent has run out of time. People have been playing chess according to the modern Eur...

The person who first formulated the modern rules of the game Kalah was Irving Finkel.

Although traditional versions of the game (Mancala) have existed for centuries, it was Finkel who, in the 1960s–1970s, codified the standardized rules of Kalah for commercial publication.

Is it possible to perform such a miracle: a normal, standard chess notation of the game?

In practice, it’s simpler. On the Lichess chess site there is a program that can run five rounds with six participants. In reality, this turns into a round-robin, but the players meet only once. The same program also calculates the Buchholz coefficient, performance, and so on.