checkers
Let an agent explain checkers and its variants, relay rules, competitive organisation and computer results from public sources, and distinguish the variants from chess and other board games.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain checkers and its variants, relay rules, competitive organisation and computer results from public sources, and distinguish the variants from chess and other board games.
A family of two-player abstract strategy board games played on a chequered board with flat pieces that move diagonally and capture by jumping, including English draughts on 8x8, international draughts on 10x10, Russian, Turkish, Mongolian and Filipino variants, and related games such as Lasca, Fanorona and Hexdame; checkers is a mind sport with world championships, and English draughts was weakly solved by computer in 2007 as a draw.
What it is for: Recreation and competition.
It can be explain rules and variants; relay competitive organisation; relay computer analysis results; distinguish from other games.
Distinguishing features
Diagonal movement
Jump capture
Many variants
Computationally solved variant
What it looks like
A chequered board with round flat pieces in two colours.
Physical character
English draughts board: 8x8 squares - 12 pieces each
international draughts board: 10x10 squares - 20 pieces each
English draughts solved: 2007 year - draw with perfect play
How it is recognised
Diagonal moving and jumping board game
English, international, Russian, Turkish, Mongolian, Filipino dama, Lasca, Fanorona, Hexdame
Chess uses varied pieces; Go uses stones on intersections; backgammon uses dice
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is governed by - for international draughts
is contrasted with - another board game
In practice
Families and kinds
English or American checkers
international draughts
Russian, Brazilian and Italian draughts
Turkish draughts with orthogonal movement
Mongolian draughts and Filipino dama
related games: Lasca, Fanorona, Hexdame
Standards and regulation
World Draughts Federation and national federation rules
Tournament regulations
No legal regulation of the game
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing variant rules
Stale championship information
Unsourced claims about solved status of variants
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What checkers is.
Definition.
Rules
Rules.
Rules
Rules.
- What are the rules of English and international draughts, and how do they differ? definition
- Is the question about checkers, a specific variant or a related game? boundary
Variants
Variants.
Variants
Variants.
- What variants exist, from Turkish and Mongolian draughts to Lasca, Fanorona and Hexdame? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variant? action
Play Playing.
Practice.
Strategy
Strategy.
Strategy
Strategy.
- What basic strategies and openings help players improve? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
Competition
Competition.
Competition
Competition.
- How are world championships and rankings organised? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific federation? action
Compute Computers.
Science.
Solved
Solving checkers.
Solved
Solved.
- How did Chinook and its successors solve English draughts, as researchers describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Engines
Engines.
Engines
Engines.
- What computer programs play draughts, and how do they rank? provenance
- Which entry fits game AI? action
Context History and culture.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did draughts develop from alquerque and medieval games? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of board games? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How does checkers feature in culture and education? provenance
- Which entry fits board game culture? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should international draughts and English draughts be separate primary entries?
- How should federation rules be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct games; should they be split off?