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Checkers

Checkers (North American English), also known as draughts (/drɑːfts, -æ-/; 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. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the…

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Age range
6+
Chance
None
Genres
Board game · Abstract strategy game · Mind sport
Players
2
Playing time
Casual games usually last 10 to 30 minutes; tournament games last anywhere from about 60 minutes to 3 hours or more.
Skills
Strategy, tactics

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Computer checkers

Computational complexity

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Checkers

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Modern designs · 32
Checkers → Anti-Checkers, Blue, By Christian Freeling, Cheskers, Damath, Dameo, Each, Epaminondas, Giveaway Checkers, Gray, Hexdame, Inoue Enryō, Invented, Japanese, Jumped, Lasca, Lasker, Loca, Losing Draughts, More
related to Computer checkers · 28
Checkers → Alberta, American, Armdroid, Arthur Samuel, As, Assembly, Basic, Checker Playing Robot, Chinook, Christopher Strachey, Colne Robotics, December, Ferranti Mark, GAYP, In, In November, July, Lefty, More, NPL
related to External links · 28
Checkers → ACF, American Checker Federation, American Pool Checkers Association, APCA, April, Archived, Association, August, Danish Draughts FederationEnglish Draughts, Disabled, Draughts, Draughts Federation Archived, DSV NRW, EDA, European Draughts ConfederationGerman Draughts, FMJD, IDCD, NWDF, October, PDF
related to Alquerque · 25
Checkers → Abu, Aghani, Al, Al-Quirkat, Alfonso, Alquerque, Arab, Arabic, Capture, Castile, Determining, Faraj, Isfahani, Juegos, Kitab, Libro, Modern, Moors, Movement, Quirkat
related to Ancient origins · 23
Checkers → Alquerque, Archaeological, BC, BCE, British Museum, Coptic, Egypt, Egyptian, Hatshepsut, However, In, Iraq, Kurna, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Nine Men's Morris, Popular, The, The Game, These
related to European developments · 15
Checkers → American, Between, European, Fierges, France, Jeu, Jeu Forcé, Jeu Plaisant, Le, Optional-capture, Persian, Philippe Mouskés's Chronique, Players, The, Two
related to The transition to chess boards · 15
Checkers → Alquerque, Alquerque's, Arab, Both, Each, English Draughts, France, In, In Europe, Sometime, The, The Turkish, This, This European, Turkish Draughts
related to National and regional variants · 12
Checkers → Armenian, Bashni, Brazilian, Canadian, Czech, English, Italian, Pool, Portuguese, Russian, Tanzanian, Turkish
related to General rules · 9
Checkers → All, At, If, In, One, Only, The, This, When
related to Computational complexity · 8
Checkers → And, EXPTIME-complete, Generalized Checkers, However, It, PSPACE, PSPACE-complete, PSPACE-hard

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draughts game pieces board piece played players move capture games international player also alquerque king american variant play english chess

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CheckersAge range6+1.00infobox
CheckersChanceNone1.00infobox
CheckersGenresBoard game1.00infobox
CheckersGenresAbstract strategy game1.00infobox
CheckersGenresMind sport1.00infobox
CheckersPlayers21.00infobox
CheckersPlaying timeCasual games usually last 10 to 30 minutes; tournament games last anywhere from about 60 minutes to 3 hours or more.1.00infobox
CheckersSkillsStrategy, tactics1.00infobox
CheckersSynonymsDraughts1.00infobox
CheckersSynonymsDrafts1.00infobox
CheckersSynonymsChequers1.00infobox
CheckersYears activeat least 5,0001.00infobox

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