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English draughts (British English) or checkers (American English), also called straight checkers or simply draughts, [note 1] is a form of the strategy board game checkers (or draughts). It is played on an 8×8 checkerboard with 12 pieces per side. The pieces move and capture diagonally forward, until they reach the opposite end of the board ...
Checkers [note 1] (American English), also known as draughts (/ d r ɑː f t s, d r æ f t s /; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces.
The general rule is that all moves and captures are made diagonally. All references to squares refer to the dark squares only. The main differences from English draughts are: the size of the board (10×10), pieces can also capture backward (not only forward), the long-range moving and capturing capability of kings known as flying, and the requirement that the maximum number of men be captured ...
Frisian draughts is a variant of draughts native to Friesland in the Netherlands. [1] The rules are similar to International draughts, but is notable for its unique feature of allowing for orthogonal captures (up, down, left, right) in addition to the familiar diagonal capture of most draughts variants.
There are several variants of draughts games based on main rules of Russian draughts. Amongst the most popular ones is ″ Poddavki ″, where a player wins if he doesn't have any legal moves on his turn (either by giving up all of his checkers or having them being blocked).
Play free online Checkers with traditional rules (you must jump if possible). Make your move and king me! Increase your ranking playing at easy, medium, and difficult skill levels to become a ...
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 hop over it and claim it for yourself!
Canadian checkers (or Canadian draughts) is a variant of the strategy board game draughts. It is one of the largest draughts games, played on a 12×12 checkered board with 30 game pieces per player. It is one of the largest draughts games, played on a 12×12 checkered board with 30 game pieces per player.