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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.
[5] [6] [better source needed] It initially charged a flat rate of £5 for a full day, with a reduced fee of £3.50 for members. [1] It followed Thirsty Meeples, the first board game café to open in the UK, [2] and was inspired by the Canadian board game café Snakes and Lattes. [4] Draughts in Haggerton in August 2019, before moving to ...
The World Draughts Federation (Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames) FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
It is organised by the World Checkers/Draughts Federation. The first edition of the men's championship was held in the 1840s, [1] predating the men's Draughts World Championship by several decades. The women's championship has been held since 1986. There are championships held in two versions.
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.
IMSA is an associate member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations, [1] and was founded on 19 April 2005 during the GAISF General Assembly. [2] It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland .
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there should be a history of da game yuh i wanna know who invented checkers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grandtheftwalrus (talk • contribs) 08:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC) []