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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.
Map of locations (red: Checkers, blue: Rally's) Checkers And Rally's LLC is an American fast food double drive-through chain franchise in the United States. The brand operates Checkers and Rally's restaurants in 28 states and the District of Columbia. They specialize in hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, milkshakes, and drinks.
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 is a supermarket retailer owned by Shoprite that operates in Southern Africa. By 2024, Checkers had 293 Checkers and 38 Checkers Hyper operating in Botswana , South Africa , and Namibia . The supermarket chain focuses more strongly on fresh produce and offers a wider range of choice food items to a more affluent clientele.
The World Checkers/Draughts Championship is the tournament of English draughts (also known as "American checkers" or "straight checkers") which determines the world ...
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.
Robert Martins – A World Checkers/Draughts Champion [11] Robert Stewart – A World Checkers/Draughts Champion [11] Robert D. Yates; Roel Boomstra; Ron King; Ryan Pronk; Sam Gonotsky; Stanislas Bizot; Tamara Tansykkuzhina; Tanja Chub [32] Ton Sijbrands; Vadim Virny; Viktoriya Motrichko; Vladimir Kaplan; Vyacheslav Shchyogolev; Walter Hellman ...
Kings moves as a promoted checkers piece: this is the same type of move as a pawn in this game, but now the king can move and take also diagonally backwards. Capturing of one or more pieces is mandatory.