Practice: if you play a lot against a lot of different players, you will get better. Plan ahead and try to look at every possible move before you take your turn. Try to keep your pieces on the back row or king row for as long as possible, to keep the other player from gaining a king.

Pieces on the sides are valuable because they can't be jumped.ĭon't bunch all your pieces in the middle or you may not be able to move, and then you will lose. Sacrifice 1 piece for 2: you can sometimes bait or force the opponent to take one of your pieces enabling you to then take 2 of their pieces. Here, the stack topped by the Red King jumps the stack topped by the Black King. Jumping with one checker before jump after jump before jump after jump A stack jumps with all its checkers. Here, it is a Black King, which must be demoted before going under the Red King. If neither player can move then it is a draw or a tie. When a stack is jumped, only its top piece is captured. You win the game when the opponent has no more pieces or can't move (even if he/she still has pieces). Once a piece is kinged, the player must wait until the next turn to jump out of the king row. King pieces can move in both directions, forward and backward. Another piece is placed onto that piece so it is now two pieces high. If you get a piece across the board to the opponent's king row, that piece becomes a king. *** note: if you have a jump, you have no choice but to take it.

You can do multiple jumps if they are lined up in the forward direction. If there is one of the opponent's pieces next to a piece and an empty space on the other side, you jump your opponent and remove their piece. Pieces are always moved diagonally and can be moved in the following ways:ĭiagonally in the forward direction (towards the opponent) to the next dark square. Each player takes their turn by moving a piece. Typically the darker color pieces moves first. The pieces are placed on every other dark square and then staggered by rows, like shown on the board.Įach Checkers player has different colored pieces. Checkers is a board game played between two people on an 8x8 checked board like the one shown below.Įach player has 12 pieces that are like flat round disks that fit inside each of the boxes on the board.

Chinese checkers rules jumping