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How to play Checkers
This Checkers game follows the English draughts movement rules. You control the blue pieces at the bottom and move first. Ordinary men travel forward diagonally; kings can also travel backward. The highlighted destinations show which moves are currently legal.
- You are blue at the bottom and move first; the computer is gold. Select a piece, then a highlighted destination.
- Men move one diagonal step forward or jump over an adjacent opponent into the empty square beyond. Kings, marked K, can also move and jump backward. Jumps are compulsory: choose any available capture and finish its whole chain.
- A man reaching the far row becomes a king and ends its turn, even during a jump chain. A player with no legal move loses.
- This digital version automatically draws at three repetitions of the same position and turn, or after 80 consecutive turns without a capture or an uncrowned man moving.
Tips for your next round
- Captures are compulsory. Before advancing a piece, check the whole jump sequence you might be forced to make next.
- Keep neighboring pieces able to support each other. An isolated piece is easier to capture and may be unable to reach the king row safely.
A capture jumps over an adjacent piece into the empty square beyond it. Promotion ends the turn. This version draws after three repeated positions or 80 turns without a capture or a man moving.
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