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  2. English draughts - Wikipedia

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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. The pieces move and capture diagonally forward, until they reach the opposite end of the board ...

  3. Checkers - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. International draughts - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Game of the Day: Checkers - AOL

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    Checkers, also called Draughts or "straight checkers", is a form of the checkers board game played on an 8x8 board with 12 pieces on each side that may only initially move and capture diagonally ...

  6. Game of the Day: Checkers - AOL

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    Today's Game of the Day is good ol' Checkers. You know the rules: you can only move diagonally and you can't move backwards. If you're in position to jump over an opponent's piece, you have to do it.

  7. Game of the Day: Checkers - Casual Style - AOL

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    Today's Game of the Day is that old-fashioned classic board game we all know and love: Checkers! You all know the rules to Checkers: you can only move diagonally forwards, and if you are placed ...

  8. Turkish draughts - Wikipedia

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    Turkish draughts board and starting setup. White moves first. Turkish draughts (Turkish: Dama)(Armenian: շաշկի)(Arabic: دامە)(Kurmanji: Dame) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Kurdistan, and several other locations around the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East.

  9. American Pool Checkers - Wikipedia

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    The starting position of pool checkers, as well as English draughts. As in the related game English draughts (also known as American checkers or straight checkers), the game is played on an 8x8 board with the double corner (corner without a checker) to each player's right. [1] The dark pieces player starts the game by making the first move.