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Checkers Games
Around the World
Did you hear about a team of researchers at
the University of Alberta in Canada claiming
to have "solved" the
game of checkers? They are using a computer
program named Chinook which has been playing
checkers matches against itself for the past
18 years. The program played 500 billion billion
possible checker positions in the 5,000-year-old
game, also known as draughts. Then this computer
program built for checkers games, concluded
that perfect play by both sides leads to a
draw (a concept which grandmaster players have
apparently hypothesized for years). One of
the researchers said in a private statement
that he believes they have "Raised
the bar for the game... in terms of what can
be achieved in computer technology and artificial
intelligence.
Game Characteristics & General Rule
Set For Checkers/Draughts Around the World
Checkers Games Basics
Checker Game Board
Starting Flying Backwards Checkers
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| American Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
Draughts player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Brazilian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
players
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Canadian Checkers |
12 x 12 |
White |
30 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Le Jeu de Dames player
Canadian”
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Czech Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
8 |
per |
Yes |
No |
No |
“Čech Dáma”
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Danish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
“Brætspil”
Checkers |
10 x 10 |
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15 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| French Draughts |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Checkers player Queen
“Le Jeu de Dames”
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Frisian Draughts |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| German Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
International
Checkers |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Checkers player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Italian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
No |
“Dama Italiana” player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Polish Checkers |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Warcaby Polskie” player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Warcaby |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Pool Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Dark |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
Portuguese
Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Checkers player
“Verificatores Portuguese”
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Russian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Shashki” player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Spanish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
“Damas Espanola” player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Sri Lanka Checkers |
12 x 12 |
White |
30 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
      
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Thai Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
8 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
player
| Games |
Size |
Color |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Turkish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
16 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
“Tűrk Damasi” player
See our entire Checkers site for more specific details
of all the different invented game variants of the
classic versions of Checkers.
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