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Pawns move as pieces in checkers: they move, without taking, one square diagonally forward, but take by jumping two squares diagonally forward over an enemy piece to an empty square, thereby removing the enemy piece. Capturing of one or more pieces is mandatory.
It is mainly played in Italy and some North African countries. Old French draughts is the same game without the obligation to jump kings with a king. Gothic checkers (or Altdeutsches Damespiel or Altdeutsche Dame) 8×8 16 — White Captures are mandatory. All 64 squares are used, dark and light.
Men can jump diagonally forward only; kings can jump in any diagonal direction. A jumped piece is considered "captured" and removed from the game. Any piece, king or man, can jump a king. Jumping is always mandatory: if a player has the option to jump, they must take it, even if doing so results in disadvantage for the jumping player.
You all know the rules to Checkers: you can only move diagonally forwards, and if you are placed diagonally to an opponent's piece, you ... Unlike normal Checkers, you are never required the jump ...
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Multiple-jump moves are possible if, when the jumping piece lands, there is another piece that can be jumped. Jumping is mandatory and cannot be passed up to make a non-jumping move. When there is more than one way for a player to jump, one may choose which sequence to make, not necessarily the sequence that will result in the most captures.