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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 2022 World Draughts Championship match was held from January 5 to January 20, 2022, at High Tech Campus Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. [1] It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation ( FMJD ) and played between the reigning 2021 world champion Alexander Schwartzman and 2018 world champion Roel Boomstra .
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 ...
Hooray! Today's Game of the Day is good ol' Checkers.You know the rules: you can only move diagonally and you can't move backwards. If you're in position to jump over an opponent's piece, you have ...
Today's Game of the Day is that old-fashioned classic board game we all know and love: Checkers! You all know the rules to Checkers: you can only move diagonally forwards, and if you are placed ...
In North America, the game has also been called cowboy checkers, and its board is sometimes printed on the back of checkerboards. Nine men's morris is a solved game, that is, a game whose optimal strategy has been calculated. It has been shown that with perfect play from both players, the game results in a draw. [3]
The best board game ever, Checkers, is here. Make your move, red or black, and king me!
International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts.The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light colours, of which only the 50 dark squares are used.