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Hand the device over, then continue.
Controls at a glance
About this game
Checkers is a two-player 8×8 board game played on the dark squares, with twelve pieces per side. Captures are mandatory, so choosing a quiet move is not always an available option.
Win by removing every opponent piece or leaving the opponent with no legal move. Player 1 starts each fresh board. There is no timer or automatic draw counter for repeated positions in this edition.
An ordinary piece moves one diagonal square forward into an empty square. To capture, jump an adjacent opponent into the empty square immediately beyond it. Kings can move or capture in either diagonal direction, but they do not slide across multiple empty squares.
If any capture is available, a non-capturing move is refused. Multiple available captures do not impose a longest-sequence rule: choose a legal jump, then continue the selected piece’s chain when another jump is available. Promotion occurs on reaching the far row; in this implementation the newly crowned king can continue a capture chain if it has another jump.
For example, if your piece faces an adjacent opponent with an empty landing square beyond, that jump is legal. If your second piece could instead move quietly, the mandatory-capture rule prevents choosing that quiet move for this turn.
Captured pieces change the board, not a points balance. Check the landing square after each prospective jump: taking one piece can place yours where it is captured in reply. Keep supporting pieces close enough to recapture, and consider whether a trade opens a route to promotion.
The short-range king rule and promotion behavior are specific to this implementation; do not assume every rule from another draughts variant applies.
nocharge:passplay:match:checkers stores the latest winner, mode label, and completion date. The shared 0–0 score fields are placeholders, not the number of remaining pieces. Piece positions, a continuing jump sequence, and player names stay in memory only, so reloading cannot resume the match.
Player notes
Original articles about the systems and decisions inside Checkers.
Checkers
English draughts variant choices: forced jumps, multi-jump turn continuation, no flying kings, and why the simple capture rule is stated instead of hidden.
English draughts for two, one device. 8×8 English draughts for two players on one screen: men move forward, kings move both ways, jumps are mandatory, and multi-jumps keep the turn. Variant stated in the guide.
Yes. The game opens without an account, subscription, or cloud profile.
Move: Tap your piece, then tap a highlighted destination; arrow keys move the cursor and Enter selects or moves. Capture: When a jump is available it is mandatory. A multi-jump continues with the same piece and same turn. Handoff: The shared handoff names the next player between turns; the open board stays visible. Variant: English draughts, simple capture rule: any legal jump may be taken; the game does not force the longest sequence. No flying kings.
Any result or preference the game retains is stored in local storage in this browser. It does not synchronize between devices and can be removed with Clear game data.
The shared game shell pauses while the page is hidden and stops ambient audio. Returning removes the hidden-page pause, but a manual pause remains in place.
Use New game in the shared toolbar or settings panel. Restarting this game does not clear saved results from other games.
The listed session is 8–25 min. Check the complete guide for mode-specific timing, scoring, and end conditions.
Master mute silences effects and ambient audio. Effects on/off changes game effects only, and the volume control also adjusts an active ambient texture.
