"Draughts" redirects here. For other uses, see Draft (disambiguation).
Checkers
Starting position for American checkers on an 8×8 checkerboard; Black (red) moves first.
Years active
at least 5,000
Genres
Board game
Abstract strategy game
Mind sport
Players
2
Setup time
<1 minute
Playing time
Casual games usually last 10 to 30 minutes; tournament games last anywhere from about 60 minutes to 3 hours or more.
Chance
None
Age range
4+
Skills
Strategy, tactics
Synonyms
draughts (or drafts)
chequers
Checkers[note 1] (American English), also known as draughts (/drɑːfts,dræfts/; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque.[1] The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".[2]
The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts and Turkish draughts, both on an 8x8 board; and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – with the latter widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Malaysian/Singaporean checkers (also locally known as dam) are played on a 12×12 board.
American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer scientists led by Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, perfect play by each side would result in a draw.
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