Just started playing checkers - coming from a chess & go back. Gotta say your channel is the 'chiz-nit' (Greatest) . Good pace, perspicuous, and fun. Thanks. Good lookin out.
Thank you very much for the kind words, Michael! I hope my videos have proved helpful to you -- if there are aspects of checkers you would like me to cover or go into more in-depth, please let me know!
🙏🏻 Thank you for your excellent video-this video has helped me win at least 80 percent or more of my games on Plato-I have played over 2500 games and since your video my winning percentage has gone up significantly. Again I am most appreciative of your support and encouragement.
That's fantastic and great to hear, John! I'm glad you have found this video to be helpful and it sounds like you have been successful in your games. I am not familiar with the Plato platform, but may have to check it out. Keep up the great work, and if you would ever like to share any of your games, I'd be happy to analyze them on this channel.
@@azcheckers Thank you so much--I am up to 3000 games and I can see my mistakes quickly by replaying the games. Also, I have to adapt my strategies depending on the color of checker which I am playing. Your video is one of the best I have come across--you are a Master player and communicator. I appreciate your practice and sharing your strategic advice.
Thank you so much now I can play checkers and be happy with my results I don't like playing with random online no more because it just make's me feel worse and then I play worse but since I seen your strategy I was playing better thank you for this video.
In bowling ( lol not my game ) the ultimate strike / 10 pins down / has a little bit of luck mixed with the skill . However when we all luck out to get the strike , a perfect bowl guarantees a strike . But even pros get lucky to get all 10 pins down when they only bowled a near perfect play . However when a split occurs, that’s the clear difference between the great players bowling down the various tricky splits . Checkers likewise reminds me of how you can find a recovery if you made a slight mistake early in your opening moves if you really search for a recovery something like getting that tricky split in bowling. Checkers can be a lot more fun than you imagined if you never played it much . I am still new , but it’s a delightful little game to play .
Hi Mark, thank you very for the comment, and I don't think I've seen checkers and bowling being compared quite like this before, so I appreciate the new viewpoint! As far as making a recovery after making a slight mistake early -- I would say oftentimes in checkers, mistakes can be compounded, meaning if you play an inferior move early, it will be an uphill climb for the majority of the game, if your opponent counters correctly. Is it possible to draw? Absolutely, but your opponent will make you work for it. That's why precision in checkers is absolutely necessary at the highest levels -- one inferior or weak move, especially early on, can spell disaster.
Ha! That is interesting. The good news is I think you don't have to be a pure beginner to find some value in this video. I do cover a couple lines of play which are played at the highest level!
Hm, this is quite different from what we play here. The accepted variant anyone would play here is that all pieces can jump both forward and backward as well as the "king" can move like a chess bishop. Though most of time it ends in a zugzwang of whoever blows up their position at key points. The video is interesting but unfortunately it wouldn't make sense for me to start playing this quite exotic variation.
Understood! There are many variants of checkers played throughout the world, and the variation you are describing is quite common! However, it is not what I show in my videos. There still may be some positional ideas that could be helpful!
Yes, so long as the piece is a king and the pieces it will jump are aligned. Kings in this game cannot fly across the board, but they can jump forward and backward as long as the pieces they are jumping are one square apart. Hopefully that helps!
@@kimmylove65 Ah yes, that is not allowed in this game! There are, however, many other variants of checkers played throughout the world in which that sequence would be possible. But, it's not possible using the rules for this game.
hi, i have a question in “starting out in checkers” he says that “the board is arranged between the two players with a black square in the bottom left hand corner” but the board printed in the book isnt what he describes. is this a mistake? thank you in advance and btw ur videos are really cool:)
Thank you! Richard Pask is a great author and that is one of my favorite books! To answer your question: the specific color does not matter, as long as the single corner is on the left hand side (as opposed to the double corner, which is always on the right).
I played a bunch of checkers when I was in elementary school but around six years ago I learned chess, and had forgotten how to play checkers, I don’t know if I forgot or I just didn’t know that they were openings in checkers.
@@azcheckers i’m so happy to learn them, I am actually working on a game where we have optional captures and three power pieces and a Kaiser, it is basically if we combined chess and checkers together, these four pieces would be on the opposite color, I haven’t figure it out what’s the three power pieces would be yet but I’m working on it.
@@raymoshav-bloodbought Fascinating! I know there are many variants of checkers in the world -- with the variant I show on this channel focusing on what is played in the U.S., England, and other English speaking countries. 10x10 checkers, which is played primarily in Europe, is probably the most popular variant played today. Kings can fly (potential power piece for your new game), and regular pieces can also jump backward.
Hello! I recommend checking out Bob Newell's Checker Maven site here: www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/checkers.php There are lots of good books that you can download as a PDF. I hope this helps!
It certainly is the best theoretical way to begin the game! 9-14 (Double Corner) and 11-16 (Bristol) are also good ways to start the game -- I recommend trying them out, too.
Hi I have a question about the move around 8:25. According to my understanding striking (hitting, I don't know the English term) is mandatory and can happen forwards as well as backwards. So why doesn't white strike red backwards (to prevent from kinging)?
Hello! Thanks for your comment! In English checkers / draughts, regular pieces can only move and jump forward. They cannot jump backward, like in other variants of draughts. Hopefully this helps and clarifies!
@@azcheckers ah I see. Thank you for replying! I'm picking up the game again (on a 10*10 board) since playing it a few times as a kid and it's been pretty brutal. So videos like these are very much appreciated :)
@@TheGroundedCoffee Thank you! Although, for the 10x10 game, I am not sure how much really applies from this game! I do know there are several tutorial channels for 10x10 -- I hope you'll be able to find them as I am sure they will help your game tremendously more than my channel!
@@azcheckers hey, I didn't know it was commonly called draughts. Now I know what I must be searching for. I directly went and installed LiDraughts on my phone. I believe it's from the same people that bring LiChess so there are unlimited checkers puzzles. 👋
@@TheGroundedCoffee Yes, the two words (checkers and draughts) are used interchangeably! I also have LIDraughts on my phone -- I am azcheckers on there -- hopefully we can play 10x10 game sometime!
It seems like checkers is very niche. It’s hard to find content on checkers* . Lmao. It hasn’t had its day yet I suppose. Poker and chess are a decent example of things that absolutely blew up. Meanwhile checkers is still collecting dust. I appreciate this video, decided to give it a try and when I first started playing I had no clue what was coming. Lmao, couldn’t even see what was coming down the tubes. Just make a move and bam I got jumped 3 times. Idk, went on a spiel, anyway, thanks again for the video. There’s not a lot of content on TH-cam about checkers.
You are unfortunately correct on all fronts here! There are very few channels covering this specific game, and number of professional players is probably at an all-time low. But, hopefully this channel and other channels will continue to provide information and insight into this great game!
That is a good question -- I am not sure! I have been playing for a bit on that website recently, and I believe my rating right now is ~650. But these games are all fun -- rating is not important!
Thanks, Carlos -- I know there are subtitles available in English. I am hopeful someday there will be translations into other languages, such as Spanish. Thanks for watching!
I got this set from a good friend at a tournament in North Carolina several years ago. I believe it can be purchased from the official ACF store here: www.usacheckers.com/store/?cat_id=4 (this particular board is the light-green model. The pieces can also be purchased at the store, and they are sold separately).
Thanks for your feedback! I do slow down in future videos, and you can also choose to decrease the playback speed in your settings. There are several places to play online, and the two I recommend are playok.com and flyordie.com.
Have you had any success since you last left this comment? Success in checkers does take time, but hopefully these videos will make things a little bit easier!
@@azcheckers hey , yes I have I've even beaten my whole class including the teachers in checkers lol. Still not as good as mom but I'm still giving her competition
Just started playing checkers - coming from a chess & go back. Gotta say your channel is the 'chiz-nit' (Greatest) .
Good pace, perspicuous, and fun. Thanks. Good lookin out.
Thank you very much for the kind words, Michael! I hope my videos have proved helpful to you -- if there are aspects of checkers you would like me to cover or go into more in-depth, please let me know!
@michaelmacdonald2907 do you still play?
🙏🏻 Thank you for your excellent video-this video has helped me win at least 80 percent or more of my games on Plato-I have played over 2500 games and since your video my winning percentage has gone up significantly. Again I am most appreciative of your support and encouragement.
That's fantastic and great to hear, John! I'm glad you have found this video to be helpful and it sounds like you have been successful in your games. I am not familiar with the Plato platform, but may have to check it out. Keep up the great work, and if you would ever like to share any of your games, I'd be happy to analyze them on this channel.
@@azcheckers
@@azcheckers Thank you so much--I am up to 3000 games and I can see my mistakes quickly by replaying the games. Also, I have to adapt my strategies depending on the color of checker which I am playing. Your video is one of the best I have come across--you are a Master player and communicator. I appreciate your practice and sharing your strategic advice.
Thank you so much now I can play checkers and be happy with my results I don't like playing with random online no more because it just make's me feel worse and then I play worse but since I seen your strategy I was playing better thank you for this video.
In bowling ( lol not my game ) the ultimate strike / 10 pins down / has a little bit of luck mixed with the skill . However when we all luck out to get the strike , a perfect bowl guarantees a strike . But even pros get lucky to get all 10 pins down when they only bowled a near perfect play . However when a split occurs, that’s the clear difference between the great players bowling down the various tricky splits . Checkers likewise reminds me of how you can find a recovery if you made a slight mistake early in your opening moves if you really search for a recovery something like getting that tricky split in bowling. Checkers can be a lot more fun than you imagined if you never played it much . I am still new , but it’s a delightful little game to play .
Hi Mark, thank you very for the comment, and I don't think I've seen checkers and bowling being compared quite like this before, so I appreciate the new viewpoint! As far as making a recovery after making a slight mistake early -- I would say oftentimes in checkers, mistakes can be compounded, meaning if you play an inferior move early, it will be an uphill climb for the majority of the game, if your opponent counters correctly. Is it possible to draw? Absolutely, but your opponent will make you work for it. That's why precision in checkers is absolutely necessary at the highest levels -- one inferior or weak move, especially early on, can spell disaster.
Robots can always play the perfect bowling match I guess.
I’m now wanting to learn some openings and strangely this video popped up this morning 🤷♂️🤣
Ha! That is interesting. The good news is I think you don't have to be a pure beginner to find some value in this video. I do cover a couple lines of play which are played at the highest level!
Thank you so much for idea.I got lots of ideas from your video.😊
Great to hear!
I like your video's specially about checker traps.thank you so much sir
That's great to hear, I appreciate it! Thank you for watching!
THANK YOU, ENJOYED WATCHING
Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Hm, this is quite different from what we play here. The accepted variant anyone would play here is that all pieces can jump both forward and backward as well as the "king" can move like a chess bishop.
Though most of time it ends in a zugzwang of whoever blows up their position at key points.
The video is interesting but unfortunately it wouldn't make sense for me to start playing this quite exotic variation.
Understood! There are many variants of checkers played throughout the world, and the variation you are describing is quite common! However, it is not what I show in my videos. There still may be some positional ideas that could be helpful!
Can a king jump men AND kings in one move? E.g. backwards over 2 opponents men, then forward over a king.... all in the same jumping sequence?
Yes, indeed!
Can a checker piece move diagonally back and forth to win 3 pieces, making an M or W formation?
Yes, so long as the piece is a king and the pieces it will jump are aligned. Kings in this game cannot fly across the board, but they can jump forward and backward as long as the pieces they are jumping are one square apart. Hopefully that helps!
@azcheckers my friend tried to use a regular piece to capture my pieces in that fashion. I also thought it was only a king to maneuver in that manner.
@@kimmylove65 Ah yes, that is not allowed in this game! There are, however, many other variants of checkers played throughout the world in which that sequence would be possible. But, it's not possible using the rules for this game.
hi, i have a question
in “starting out in checkers” he says that “the board is arranged between the two players with a black square in the bottom left hand corner” but the board printed in the book isnt what he describes. is this a mistake?
thank you in advance and btw ur videos are really cool:)
No! The color doesnt matter. It's block not black
Thank you! Richard Pask is a great author and that is one of my favorite books! To answer your question: the specific color does not matter, as long as the single corner is on the left hand side (as opposed to the double corner, which is always on the right).
we play checkers with 4 lines of pawns or how you wanna call em.
I played a bunch of checkers when I was in elementary school but around six years ago I learned chess, and had forgotten how to play checkers, I don’t know if I forgot or I just didn’t know that they were openings in checkers.
Really appreciate you sharing this story! There are many openings in checkers, and just like in chess, many of them have names!
@@azcheckers i’m so happy to learn them, I am actually working on a game where we have optional captures and three power pieces and a Kaiser, it is basically if we combined chess and checkers together, these four pieces would be on the opposite color, I haven’t figure it out what’s the three power pieces would be yet but I’m working on it.
@@raymoshav-bloodbought Fascinating! I know there are many variants of checkers in the world -- with the variant I show on this channel focusing on what is played in the U.S., England, and other English speaking countries. 10x10 checkers, which is played primarily in Europe, is probably the most popular variant played today. Kings can fly (potential power piece for your new game), and regular pieces can also jump backward.
@@azcheckers I watch that video of yours as well, it was splendid.
@@raymoshav-bloodbought Thank you very much!
Hello Mr. Az where can I get a books because I'm from Tanzania
Hello! I recommend checking out Bob Newell's Checker Maven site here: www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/checkers.php
There are lots of good books that you can download as a PDF. I hope this helps!
I find 11-15 to work-great formation
It certainly is the best theoretical way to begin the game! 9-14 (Double Corner) and 11-16 (Bristol) are also good ways to start the game -- I recommend trying them out, too.
Hi I have a question about the move around 8:25. According to my understanding striking (hitting, I don't know the English term) is mandatory and can happen forwards as well as backwards. So why doesn't white strike red backwards (to prevent from kinging)?
Hello! Thanks for your comment! In English checkers / draughts, regular pieces can only move and jump forward. They cannot jump backward, like in other variants of draughts. Hopefully this helps and clarifies!
@@azcheckers ah I see. Thank you for replying! I'm picking up the game again (on a 10*10 board) since playing it a few times as a kid and it's been pretty brutal. So videos like these are very much appreciated :)
@@TheGroundedCoffee Thank you! Although, for the 10x10 game, I am not sure how much really applies from this game! I do know there are several tutorial channels for 10x10 -- I hope you'll be able to find them as I am sure they will help your game tremendously more than my channel!
@@azcheckers hey, I didn't know it was commonly called draughts. Now I know what I must be searching for. I directly went and installed LiDraughts on my phone. I believe it's from the same people that bring LiChess so there are unlimited checkers puzzles. 👋
@@TheGroundedCoffee Yes, the two words (checkers and draughts) are used interchangeably! I also have LIDraughts on my phone -- I am azcheckers on there -- hopefully we can play 10x10 game sometime!
Does lees guide teaches Russian checkers or it's all about American draughts
It's for American / English draughts. I am sure there are some lines of play that may be applicable for Russian draughts.
Thank you, it is very helpful
Thank you! I am glad you found this video helpful.
@Mike de Dombal Thanks for the feedback. What would be helpful? What would you like to see?
It seems like checkers is very niche. It’s hard to find content on checkers* . Lmao. It hasn’t had its day yet I suppose. Poker and chess are a decent example of things that absolutely blew up.
Meanwhile checkers is still collecting dust.
I appreciate this video, decided to give it a try and when I first started playing I had no clue what was coming. Lmao, couldn’t even see what was coming down the tubes. Just make a move and bam I got jumped 3 times.
Idk, went on a spiel, anyway, thanks again for the video. There’s not a lot of content on TH-cam about checkers.
You are unfortunately correct on all fronts here! There are very few channels covering this specific game, and number of professional players is probably at an all-time low. But, hopefully this channel and other channels will continue to provide information and insight into this great game!
Why is 11-15 the best first move for red?
It puts the piece in the direct center of the board and out of the single corner, which makes it the theoretical best way to begin the game.
cross, defiance, glasgow, old fourteenth, single corner!
All great unrestricted openings for sure, and ones I would recommend especially for beginners (and all players!).
Is there anyone on fly or die who's score is up around 800 who has a video?
That is a good question -- I am not sure! I have been playing for a bit on that website recently, and I believe my rating right now is ~650. But these games are all fun -- rating is not important!
me trying to beat my friend in checkers:
I hope you had some success!
Dígame cómo traducir al español el audio de los vídeos...
Thanks, Carlos -- I know there are subtitles available in English. I am hopeful someday there will be translations into other languages, such as Spanish. Thanks for watching!
Where did you purchase your board and pieces from?
I got this set from a good friend at a tournament in North Carolina several years ago. I believe it can be purchased from the official ACF store here: www.usacheckers.com/store/?cat_id=4 (this particular board is the light-green model. The pieces can also be purchased at the store, and they are sold separately).
@@azcheckers helow ,,how can I get the board and pieces,,,?
@@hamzajose3909 I recommended going to www.usacheckers.com/store/?cat_id=4 to purchase the checkers set!
Thanks :)
I am 88 years. You move so quickly I miss what you do. I would like a site where i can practise moves online. Is there one ?
Thanks for your feedback! I do slow down in future videos, and you can also choose to decrease the playback speed in your settings. There are several places to play online, and the two I recommend are playok.com and flyordie.com.
Wich the best checker game app?
Great question -- I am not sure! But I can recommend playok.com and flyordie.com.
Ok I will play darts thank you.
Darts is a great game, too!
Thank you. 〽️🔅
Thank you for watching!
Bast brooo
10:50 What? Why not?
If red continues with the 6-10 runoff, white can just pitch 14-9, 5x14, 24-19, 16x23, 27x9, white wins.
@@azcheckers Thank you kind sir, I will play this back to understand the situation. Thx :)
@@Winterhe4rt No problem! I do recommend playing it back on your own board -- it always helps to visualize why a move is either good or bad!
Confused 😵
Sorry to hear that! I can certainly try and help clear up any confusion!
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Funny. Me being white will pick other moves. That is what is i guess my mistake.
I'm only watching these to beat my mom , she's been winning me for years and I haven't even gotten one win from her
Have you had any success since you last left this comment? Success in checkers does take time, but hopefully these videos will make things a little bit easier!
@@azcheckers hey , yes I have I've even beaten my whole class including the teachers in checkers lol. Still not as good as mom but I'm still giving her competition
@@jeffyboiyt4784 Amazing! Keep up the good work!!