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Checkers is played by two opponents on opposite sides of the game board. One player has dark pieces (usually black); the other has light pieces (usually white or red). The darker color moves first, then players alternate turns. A player cannot move the opponent's pieces. A move consists of moving a piece forward to an adjacent unoccupied square.
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 ...
Chinook is a computer program that plays checkers (also known as draughts). It was developed between the years 1989 to 2007 at the University of Alberta, by a team led by Jonathan Schaeffer and consisting of Rob Lake, Paul Lu, Martin Bryant, and Norman Treloar. The program's algorithms include an opening book which is a library of opening moves ...
Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) [3] was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. [2] He popularized the term "machine learning" in 1959. [4] The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of ...
Today's Game of the Day is Checkers, the classic board game that everyone loves! Play free online Checkers with traditional rules (you must jump if possible). Make your move and king me! Increase ...
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. Each player has 20 pieces, light for one player and dark for the other ...
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Synonyms. Star halma. Chinese checkers. Hop Ching checkers. Tiaoqi ("jump chess") Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK) [1] is a strategy board game of German origin that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. [2] The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.