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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.
Halma. Halma (from the Greek word ἅλμα meaning "jump") is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game Hoppity which was devised in 1854. [1] The gameboard is checkered and divided into 16×16 squares.
Today's Game of the Day is a board game classic: Chinese Checkers! Chinese Checkers, contrary to popular belief, was not invented in China, or, indeed, any part of Asia at all.
Muncie, Indiana, U.S. Died. October 26, 1989 (aged 76) Kettering, Ohio, U.S. Alma mater. Kettering University. Known for. Inventor of the Pull tab. Ermal Cleon " Ernie " Fraze[1] (September 16, 1913 – October 26, 1989) was an American engineer who invented the pull-tab opener used in beverage cans.
Playing cards or tiles were invented in China [46] as early as the 9th century during the Tang dynasty (618–907). [47] [48] [49] The earliest unambiguous attestation of paper playing cards date back to 1294. [50] The modern game of Dominoes developed from early Chinese tile based games.
Checkers[note 1] (American English), also known as draughts (/ drɑːfts, dræfts /; 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. Checkers is developed from alquerque. [1]
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Humble, Texas, U.S. World Champion. 1955–1958. 1975–1991. Marion Franklin Tinsley (February 3, 1927 – April 3, 1995) was an American mathematician and checkers player. He is widely considered to be the greatest checkers player ever. [1] Tinsley was world champion from 1955–1958 and from 1975–1991 and never lost a world championship match.