/English Draughts 8×8
Rules🇬🇧 English Draughts 8×8
Rules, board setup and how to play English Draughts 8×8.
8×8Board
How to play
- Men move diagonally forward, one square at a time.
- Kings move one square at a time (no flying kings).
Captures
- Captures are made diagonally, jumping over an adjacent enemy piece.
- Men may capture forward only.
- Men are allowed to capture kings.
- Capturing is mandatory, but you may freely choose which capture to make.
- A man reaching the last row is promoted and the move ends, even mid-capture.
- The game is drawn after 40 moves without a capture or promotion.
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