Checkers articles
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Short, plain-English guides to playing better checkers. Read one, then try it out against the computer or against someone online.
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Checkers strategy for beginners
The handful of ideas that win most games: hold the centre, keep your back row, trade when you are ahead, and make forced jumps work for you.
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Checkers openings and early traps
What an opening is, a few of the best-known ones with their moves, and the early mistakes that cost a piece.
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Checkers endgames: winning with kings
How to crown your men, how two kings beat one in the double corner, and when the game is drawn.
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Checkers vs draughts: the rules around the world
American checkers, English draughts, International draughts and the other national games, and how their rules differ.
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