Rules

This page contains a list of supported checkers rules, with links to their description.

• Russian draughts (8x8)
• Simple draughts - similar to Russian, but without kings, men are just stuck when they get to the last horizontal, unless they capture back. This version of rules is sometimes used by children.
• English draughts (8x8)
• International draughts (10x10)
• Brazilian draughts (8x8) - International rules on 8x8 board.
• Canadian draughts (12x12)
• Spancirety draughts - Russian rules on 8x10 board. Bigger board gives more combinations, and the lack of the main diagonal means there are less draws. For example, 3 kings here will always catch a single king, without exceptions.
• Diagonal draughts - Russian rules with diagonal initial setup. This setup gives very dynamic game, almost like alkerk.
• Czhech draughts
• Turkish draughts - orthogonal checkers, i.e. pieces are moved along horizontals and verticals, not diagonals.
• Armenian draughts (Tama) - here pieces can be moved along diagonals (forward only) as well as along horizontals and verticals.