How to play Checkers
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- Learn the rules to the board game Checkers quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.
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The object of the game is to capture every opponent piece. Setup: Layout the board and each player picks a color. The players sit across from each other and place their pieces on the first 3 rows of one of the colors of the board. It doesn’t matter which color you choose, but you both have to place them on the same color. If your pieces have a crown on one side, place your pieces crown side down.
Players take turns moving one piece diagonally from one square to an empty square of the same color. Prices may only travel forward toward your opponent’s side of the board, they may not travel backwards.
If there is an opponent’s piece in the way but the space beyond that piece is available, you must jump that piece in a straight line and land on the other side. The jumped piece is removed from the board and captured by the player who jumped it. You may not jump off the board.
If you have an available jump of an opponent’s piece, you must jump it. If after one jump your piece is in a position to jump again, you must make another immediate jump, until there are no more jumps left. If you have multiple jumps available, you may pick which one to jump. You may not jump more than 1 space.
Once your piece makes it the farthest row nearest your opponent, your piece gets a promotion and becomes a king. Stack two pieces on top of each other, or flip one over to reveal the crown side, to know which pieces are kings and which ones aren’t. King pieces may move backwards and forward. Kings may be taken like any normal piece when jumped.
The first player to capture all the opponent’s pieces wins. If it is your turn and there is no legal move available for you to make, then you forfeit and your opponent wins.
Now I know how to play this on iMessage game so I can beat this dude rn
Literally why I’m here
omgg same
Lmao same
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I’m 24 years old and have never learned to play checkers, every now and then when my fiancé feels like messing with me she’ll send me an iMessage checkers game, today was the last straw, I watched this video and instead of laughing it off I played her back, dominated her down to one piece on the board and the 3 I had left were all kings, she hit me with the ol’ “I don’t wanna play anymore” and today I raise my fist in victory due to you kind sir, thank you
When you know how to play but can't resist quality content.
"The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes:"
"All pieces except the pawn are removed, the pawn now went to your the a crusher and got flattened, now it's allowed to move to move diagonally forwards but not backwards"
lol I guess
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Kings can also jump both forward and backward (diagonally) in the same turn, a multi-direction multi-jump.
Thats how I been playing bruh
Can't they also move multiple squares?
@@barbarreto8534 You mean like queen in chess? No.
@@LuxisAlukard bishop u meant otherwise it could be the most op piece in the game
For checkers, I prefer to call the unpromoted pieces commoners and the promoted pieces governors.
Thank you my friend, now I understand memes about chess and checkers.
This video is very basic, watch the channel checkercycle if you want to know some actual strategy, checkers can be just as challenging as chess.
@@Sheilawisz 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jasperhalsey8574 A game in which you need to think many moves ahead, so you can outplay your opponent! What, chess? No, I mean checkers! A game with trillions of possible board positions, so the human mind will never play perfect! Again, it's checkers. A game in which only a few genius people can become grandmaster! Yep, that's checkers!
@@Sheilawisz at least a computer can play perfect in checkers, but not (provably) yet in chess
@@danielyuan9862 Only the Chinook engine reached perfection in checkers, and that was after many years of computational research with trillions of calculations. The average checkers apps that we can download for our phones and PCs are very far from Chinook level.
This video is very nice and helpful. Thank you so much for this.
I used to play this when I was young, I thought it was very easy
When I was originally taught checkers (when I was a kid), it did not have a forced move rule. Then my great aunt taught me the forced move rule, but it was a bit different from the one here and from the variant presented in the later Megacheckers video: If you could take a jump, you had the option to refuse, but then the other player could remove the piece that had the option to remove the piece that could have taken the jump (or 1 of 2 pieces having such an option if you refused on both), unlike the variant Megacheckers rule that allows them to remove any piece of their choice.
Yes, I play this variant. We call eliminating a piece because it didn't use it's potential jump "blowing it" (bufar-la)
I’m really bad at chess and herd that checkers would be easier but I can’t even learn checkers
@@michealbaker1873 I'm terrible at chess but checkers is much simpler as it only has two kinds of pieces.
@@kingvax064 I know but what I want to know if it has any specific rules like chess and can you have multiple kings or no
@@michealbaker1873 You can learn Checker's rules on any short TH-cam tutorial. It doesn't have weird specific rules like castling in chess.
I don't know for sure where the versions are popular, but in the version I know from Russian sources, kings can move any number of squares and all pieces can capture backwards (but normal pieces can't do regular moves backwards)
0:34 up arrow: Prices may travel forward toward your opponent's side of the board.
down arrow: they may not travel backwards.
me: that voice it's so funny
After playing a lot of Chess, I forgot how to play checkers 😭😭
The arrangement is wrong. The darker square should be on your lower left and should be occupied with the pieces. The pieces don't sit on the lighter squares....
"The rules are tha same as regular chess, except for this changes"
Such a classic line
i saw a short where a king piece moves almost like a rook to jump over pieces
is that a different rule set or smthn?
ah yes, that's Turkish checkers
@@notsmart777
We need better names for these games.
Checkers has at least half a dozen popular variants and there's only 2 names being Checkers and Draughts.... which are used interchangeably by too many people.
Even unique names like 'Dame' in German just translate to Checkers.
It's a disaster 🤣
0:56 Thank you, I won't do it anymore!
In my place, the King range is like Bishop and the method of capture is even more broken. Since the King can now go any direction he wants, it is possible to go in loop and capture as much pieces as possible as long as the next captured pieces is 2 spaces next to the previous one.
For example, it is possible to capture pieces that is in this pattern;
💙💙💙💙💙
💙❤️💙❤️💙
💙💙💙💙💙
💙❤️💙❤️💙
💙💙💙💙💙
Where ❤️ is the enemy pieces, by jumping over and make a loop.
Once you got the King then you're pretty much set in my place's variant.
same
So one piece to rule em all 🤨
Flying Kings
Such a slick board 😊 one qq- a king could move as diagonal as possible till there is an empty space available diagonally correct ?(just like a bishop or a diagonally moving queen in chess?) or it’s restricted to one step fwd or bwd?
I hate that forced jump rule lol
I don't play like this 😆 I take the jump if I want to otherwise I move on with my strategy 😆 and Kings can move across the board diagonally and land wherever they want.
"Mark it as a king by flipping it over to crown side or stacking another checker on top of it"
Or, as I do, both.
Double-Kings!! That's just greedy!
What happens when one of your pieces reach the edge, but there's already a king on your side?
you can have more than 2 kings
Can I promote to Queen instead because I’m girly enough to do that?
I've played checkers all my life, great fun game with friends...
But, one night a new mate come to play and never in my life have I heard of this 'must jump' rule if indeed the jump is on!
Always for the past 12 years we played to jump or not is always optional.
I have played with countless players over the years...
My mind is blown..
Is this new to anyone else?
The 'must jump' is generally an optional rule, but some Checkers tournaments enforce it.
I learned you have the choice, and find it more enjoyable that way.
'Must jump' is challenging in its own right, but the novelty wears off, and the game becomes too quick.
Me and Alex are playing/competing against each other. I'm blue and Alex's red.
did you win
No! But we had a rematch and I won!
@@takarabarnes3894 thats great! :D do you plan to play again?
Yes!
@@takarabarnes3894 nice! hope you enjoy it :)
Actually, when u set up the board, the pieces always go on the black or dark coloured squares. Also, when starting the game, black never goes first
What about the rule on “Flying Kings”?
Exactly!
Checkers, how to play. The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes
I guess you don't really know the rules of the checker games hit me up you can move diagonal and backwards depending upon your position where did you learn how to play to just move forward
there are a lot of checkers variant
checkers is a thinking game so please folks play close attention
I've always played the version where kings can't be eaten by pawns, but pawns can be eaten by kings
LOL, I've never heard that rule!
Did someone make that up Just after they got a King?
@@JLvatron not really. I even remember that in the far past a comedian complained that "il damino non mangia il damone" (the pawn doesn't eat the king), but it does on the computer version
@@alessiomuccio2795 lol!
No piece can take the King. Pawn can't take King isn't Wong because it's checkmate
@@whyamiyanto4883 Dude, this is Checkers.
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the rules i played with were that kings moved any number of spaces like a bishop in chess
This was how I learnt it too.
Hold on if you have an option to capture a checker checker you must ? I
Was wondering the same thing.
Those are the tournament rules, but honestly I think the rule makes the game less fun.
If a king has an available capture move does the king have to take that move?
Yes
Can you make a video about Turkish checkers
(And yes this is a thing, look it up).
I learned this game from Assassin's Creed Black Flag lol
LMAOOOO YOU MAY NOT JUMP OFF THE BOARD ‼️
FR DONT DO THAT ITS NOT A LEGAL MOVE BRO 😭
Where did you get such a cool checker set?
I remember that kings can take a jump and then revert to a normal piece.
Hank you for taking my request!
Game of life plz
There is a Manuel
@@Avi-rt8jy What?
Fun fact: there are 3 versions of Checkers where the tokens could move backwards Russian checkers, Brazilian Checkers, & International Checkers.
1:41 Pieces with crowns are optional to remove to win
I used to play a bit differently: the kings were called dames or queens, and they moved like a chess bishop.
Fells good that you are back
underestimated kid that it does
Can i jump 3 times if available?
Yes, and even more!
I don't like the Force jump rule. Because I feel like it's optional to jump over or not you can still move other pieces.
When you know how to play chess but not checkers
can I eat backwards, for example I eat the other players piece infront of me but then there is another piece behind me in the same move?
да
Wait, its all en passant?
"Always have been"
My mom thinks you can move the kings more than one square bruh
I remember playing those
I play with this rule: If you choose not to take a capture, you lose your next turn.
SUPER OMG
The board you have is pretty? I like it 😔☺️
its just too pretty!
Ooh thanks for that! Now i remember it well.. but there's one more thing.. once you're a king, u can move in number of spaces. Isnt it?
Sumayyah Rubio once you get promoted to a king you still can move one square diagonally forward and or backward. You can move twice if there is an open space from the opponents second piece.
@@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate ohh nice.. thank you! =)
Sumayyah Rubio it's my utmost pleasure. I'm sorry I'm a year late to the party, but after playing Checkers lately on the Nintendo DS game, Clubhouse Games, I just wanted to help a fellow Checker player. 😉 Hope to get to know you more.
@@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate I know its been a year but what are your thoughts on 51 world wide classics for the switch (that's what it's called in the UK for me)
@@user-do3lh7md8z hey there, and it's never too late to check out an awesome game. When you get a chance, give it a look. You won't be disappointed. 😊 Which games in it are you interested in?
Don’t forget to say “King Me!”
King mate? You mean
@@year5254 No.
lol
Can I capture 2 pieces diagonally in the same line by jumping on the next free space ?
yes
@@TripleSGames just to elaborate,
If there are diagonally 2 pieces in the same line exactly next to me and there is one empty space behind the 2 pieces that I want to cut. Can I jump 2 places over them and go to the empty spot and claim 2 pieces captured of the opposite player ?
For example at 0:50 if they’re are 2 white pieces in the same line, can I jump 2 places and cut 2 whites and
(if available )go to the next empty spot 😅. ?
No
If you don’t have the board but have the pieces use the chessboard
Checkers is sadly underrated
This man looks so much like Roberto Firmino of liverpool
How to play Othello or reversi
i play with my father
same, he always beats me and i’ve been playing him for years now
doesnt the king move like a bishop?
Yes but 1 square
Thank you, I’m up against my friend rn
You don’t have to take out the other piece if you don’t want to. Not sure why he kept saying you have to. And you don’t forfeit just because you don’t have a move. It’s called stale mate
I'm pretty sure in standard checkers rules if you can capture you MUST capture. This can be used strategically; for example if you can force your opponent to jump one of your pieces in such a way that on your next turn you get two or more in exchange.
Bro, checkers arent like chess, in checkers the rules can change acord to the players will or the tradition of the location, where i live you are obligated to "eat" the opponent piece if you are able to
@@pedrosabino8751 lmao no rules don’t change because a player doesn’t like them lol
@@mr.m2695 Actually they do, when playing you can decide with your friend (of course this only apply in an unofficial way) what rules to use, if the pieces will capture pieces that are behind, if they are obligated to capture, if the king will move like a bishop or like something between a king (chess) and a bishop etc
@@pedrosabino8751 yea we call that you suck at a basic game and need to change the rules.
kings can move many number of spaces diagonnaly vertically and horizontally that is the rule of dama (filipino checkers)
Turkish, International, Russian? I need a better explanation of the Magyar Checkers.
Wonderful video,i would like to add one point...you can also jump sit jump diagnoally
Glad that I watched this. I didn't know that you could be any color. I thought you had to be only on the black squares. It's cool to learn something new.
How would there be no legal moves?
stalemate I guess
it'll be a draw
*The rules are the same as regular chess, **_except for these changes_*
I think we call this dama in the Philippines
Good video! 😋 Thanks for making it simple!
I watched this video because I knew how to play chess at an intermediate level but did not know how to play checkers
This video stopped the arguments between my two boys. Now they are playing the game and getting along.
"The rules in regular chess are the same except for these changes, for a refresher of those rules check out this video"
I had to correct your script a little bit😂
Lmao I thought you were gonna say "the rules are the same as traditional chess, except for these changes"
I think checkers stay on black squares
i refuse to play the rule where u have to jump a piece
Russian checkers is the superior variation.
Also called Draughts in traditional English.
find me five people who genuinely call it that whenever they play and i'll find you five liars
So chekers is just Game of Pawns
this dude look like chris from 2hype
I’m looking this up so I can dog on checkers players.
Chess is king
Thanks for this vudro but now i am confysed which is better chess or checkers
Being obligated to take is a bad rule
Hmmm I totally didn't kanow how to play
Fun fact: Checkers was originally made in Ur, Iraq 3000 B.C.E.
Checkers is inferior to chess!!!
Thank this help me and I'm only 8
how to play cherckers gus lol huh
why do I have a sudden urge to bite the pieces????????
i know how to play capture line
i used to be so good at this game, now I forgot everything lol
Me zooming across the whole board with my king
I think checkers is harder then chess
Dude can u like nvm bro
Literally everyone I've ever played with has a house rule that you don't have to jump pieces because it's dumb you jump the beast and it leaves you into getting jumped twice
but that's like, the only part of the game where you can get a strategic edge...