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Draughts
Introduction
Draughts is played on the same
chequered board as chess and
has been played in Europe since
the end of the 1100s. It is similar
to a game called Alquerque
played in Ancient Egypt.
Aim
The aim is to capture all your opponents pieces
or to immobilise them.(make them lose when
you move and they cant)
The board is placed with a white square on the
right bottom corner and each side has 12 pieces
which are placed on the dark squares
Moving and capturing
They can only move diagonally forward only
cap but not backwards and they capture by
leaping over the opponents piece and when a
piece is captured it is removed off the
board(jump means to leap or capture)
Kings
When a piece reaches the
end of the board it becomes
a king and can go both
backwards and forwards. It s
far more powerful than
normal checkers.
Conclusion
With its simple moves you might think that
draughts is a slow straightforward game.
However, if you make one false move it can
lead to instant disaster.