Draughts

:For alternative meanings see Checkers (disambiguation).

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Draughts, also known as checkers, is a group of mental sport board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces.

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The most popular forms are international draughts, played on a 10?10 board, followed by English draughts, also called American checkers that is played on a 8?8 board, but there are many other variants.

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The name "draughts" is preferred by English players and others in USA and the United Kingdom and many of its former colonies and territories. In the United States, Canada, and Australia the name "checkers" is preferred. This article treats the names "checkers" and "draughts" as synonymous, though the longstanding name "draughts" is used except in specific references to the game in countries where "checkers" is used.

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International draughts: International draughts (also called Polish draughts or international checkers) is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10?10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used. There are two players on opposite sides, with 20 pieces ...

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Game of Draughts 1891