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Checkers, also known as 'Draughts', is a classic board game of elegance and depth. It is thought to have originated from an ancient game called Alquerque or Qirkat.
Play free Checkers online against the computer AI player or a friend in 2-player mode with this cool interface:
This game opens as a regular web page. There is no sign-in or installation required. The game has a low difficulty level and is suited for beginners.
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Start a new game by clicking the play icon on the startup screen. Then select game mode: Play against a friend (2 player game) or play against the computer (1 player game).
Checkers is a tabletop board game for two players. The aim of the game is to remove your opponent's 12 disc-shaped game pieces by jumping over them with your own pieces, all while avoiding getting jumped yourself. There are plenty of opportunities to use advanced tactics and strategies to defend yourself and to attack.
The startup position.
The opponents face each other on opposite sides of the checkers gameboard. One of the players has the dark-colored pieces, and the other one has the light-colored pieces.
The two players alternate turns in the game. It is not legal to move an opponent’s piece. A player may move a piece diagonally to an adjacent, unoccupied square. If one of the opponent’s pieces occupy that adjacent square, and the square immediately beyond it is vacant, the opponent’s piece may be captured and removed from the game by jumping over it.
When one of the pieces reaches the other side of the board (the row farthest from the player), called the 'king's row' or 'crownhead,' the piece becomes a 'king' and is marked by adding an additional piece on top of it. In this online game, the kings are marked with a crown. Kings have the ability to move and capture backwards as well as forwards.
King: A black piece has travelled to the kings’ row and turned into a king.
It is only legal to move pieces on the dark squares of the checkers board. A piece may move only diagonally into an unoccupied square and capturing an opponent’s piece is mandatory in most official rules. The player without remaining pieces, or the one who cannot move, loses the game.
Checkers rules: Mandatory jump. It’s white's turn, and due to the black piece laying next to the marked white piece with a vacant square immediately beyond it, white is forced to jump over it and capture it.
Learn more about this game on the Wikipedia Page
A written mention of a game called Alquerque is found in the “Kitab al-Aghani”, a 10th-century encyclopedic collection of songs and poems. The Alquerque game was essentially similar to modern Draughts and Checkers games but played on a 5×5 board. Some modern rules were added later, including the crowning of pieces to kings (13th century) and mandatory capture (16th century).
Checkers history: Medieval Draughts players (Charles Knight)
Playpager's free Checkers Game, formerly known as 'Draughts Online', is a H5 web game programmed in html5/Js. You can play against the built-in computer player 'Albert the AI', or against a friend in 2-player mode. No flash player needed.
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