Checkers

Checkers is a very old board game, played on the same 8x8 grid as Chess but much simpler and easier. There is only one kind of piece, confined to the black squares. In English checkers the rules are:

• Each side starts with 12 pieces on the last three rows of the board.
• Each turn, a player can move one of his pieces diagonally forward or jump diagonally forward over a series of enemy pieces, which are then removed from the board. Sometimes players are required to jump whenever they can.
• When a piece reaches the opposite side, it becomes a king with the ability to move and jump diagonally backwards.
• The last player with any pieces left wins!

There are many variants of checkers found around the world. For instance, in German checkers kings have the ability to move as far along any diagonal as they like. There are also similar games on different boards, like Chinese checkers. If you know of any other versions, please add them here!