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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.
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 ...
An updated version of the book was published November 2008. May 24, 2003 - Chinook completes its 10 piece database with 5 pieces on each side. [6] August 2, 2004 - The Chinook team announces that the tournament-opening in checkers called the White Doctor (10–14 22–18 12–16) is proven to be a draw. [7]
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.
Malaysian/Singaporean checkers follows the same rules as international draughts, with exceptions being pieces not able to move backwards (towards the player), the requirement to forfeit a capturing piece if the player fails to or wishes not to capture any enemy piece(s) with it, and a larger gameboard (12×12 squares instead of 10×10), and more checkers per player (30 instead of 20).
The board is set up as for a normal game of checkers, with 12 glasses to a side, each cup half-full [citation needed] of beer. Either the glasses should be visually distinct to distinguish the players' pieces, or a light and a dark beer should be used for each player. The game is played by the standard rule for English draughts. When a piece ...
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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).