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Rules

Italian Draughts 8×8

Rules, board setup and how to play Italian Draughts 8×8.

8×8Board
Starting position
At a glance
Board8×8
Pieces per side12
First moveWhite

How to play

Movement
  • 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 cannot capture kings.
  • Capturing is mandatory, and you must take the sequence that captures the most pieces.
  • When the captures are otherwise equal, you must capture with a king, not with a man.
  • When the piece count is equal, you must take the sequence that captures the most kings.
  • If they are still equal, you must take the sequence that captures a king earliest.
Promotion
  • A man reaching the last row is promoted and the move ends, even mid-capture.
  • The game is drawn after 40 moves in which only kings move and nothing is captured.

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