Checkers variants
Other ways to play Checkers, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
International draughts
The world's main competitive draughts game: a 10×10 board, flying kings, men that capture backwards, and you must take the most pieces.
Russian draughts
Draughts on the 8×8 board with flying kings and men that capture backwards, the game of shashki played across Russia and its neighbours.
Pool checkers
American checkers with flying kings and men that capture backwards, the 8×8 game long played in the southern United States.
Spanish draughts
8×8 draughts with flying kings, where you must capture the most pieces and, if tied, the most kings.
Czech draughts
8×8 draughts with flying kings in which a king that can capture must be the piece that captures.
Italian draughts
8×8 draughts in which men may not capture kings and a strict order of priorities decides which capture you must make.
Turkish draughts
Draughts on every square of the board, with pieces that move straight forward and sideways instead of diagonally.
Giveaway draughts
Draughts turned upside down: the first player to lose all their pieces, or be left without a move, wins.
American checkers
Checkers, or English draughts: the 8×8 game with men that capture forwards only, one-step kings and a free choice of capture.
Frisian draughts
10×10 draughts in which pieces also capture straight along rows and columns, and captures are chosen by the value of the pieces taken.
Brazilian draughts
The international rules played on the 8×8 board: flying kings, backward captures and the majority capture rule, with 12 men a side.
Canadian draughts
The international rules on a 12×12 board with 30 men a side, the largest common draughts game.