| GameColony.com presents the most popular
Anglo-American vesrion of checkers (or draughts) -- you can play it here. You can read about the rules of
Anglo-American checkers here. Other
popular version of checkers include German or Russian checkers (also called 'Damki').
There are 2 main differences with Anglo-American version : (1) in German
or Russian checkers the kings can jump over multiple squares and (2) in
German or Russian checkers the ordinary men can capture backwards.
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