A Glossary of Checkers Terminology
Understanding and appreciating checkers begins with learning the terminology of this enduring game that has been played for thousands of years.
Brazilian Checkers Variant
Brazilian checkers is a variant played whose basic rules are similar to International Checkers except that it is played on a smaller checker board.
Canadian Checkers Variant
The Canadian Checkers variant has the same basic rules as the International Chess variant except that it is played on a 12 x 12 board of 144 squares.
Frisian Checkers Variant
The Frisian Checkers variant is similar to International Checkers except that captures are made in a vertical, horizontal and diagonal direction.
Italian Checkers Variant
The Italian Checkers variant game board is a mirror image of the American Checkers or British Draughts variants and its men cannot capture kings.
Know the Rules to Play Checkers By
Checkers is played on a 64-square board by two players who take turns moving one of their 12 pieces one square forward to advance or capture pieces.
Pool Checkers Variant
The Pool Checkers variant rules are similar to the Brazilian and Russian Checkers except that it has no obligatory maximum quantity capture rule.
Russian Checkers Variant
In Russian Checkers variant, a piece that reaches king row in the course of a capture sequence becomes a king and continues to capture backward.
Spanish Checkers Variant
The Spanish Checkers variant has the same rules as the Brazilian Checkers variant except that its board is a mirror image of the Brazilian variant.
The American Checkers-British Draughts Variants
Both the American Checkers and British Draughts variants are one and the same board game upon which the world's first computer program was based.
The International Checkers Variant
The International Checkers variant plays like the American Checkers or British Draughts except that it uses a 10 x 10 board and 20 pieces per player.
The Mystique of Chinese Checkers
Neither Oriental in origin nor a checkers game, the popular Chinese checkers is a simple, fun and easy board game for people of all ages.
Turkish Checkers Variant
The Turkish Checkers variant is unique because all 64 squares on its 8 x 8 board are used and kings move horizontally and vertically like chess rooks.
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