Draughts

Draughts

Draughts ( /ˈdrɑːfts/, British English; checkers, American English) is a group of strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque. The name derives from the verb to draw or to move.

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