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Princeton's WordNet
checkers, draughtsnoun
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
Wiktionary
checkersnoun
A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent's pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
checkersnoun
the playing pieces in the game of checkers.
Wikipedia
Checkers
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, Turkish draughts both on an 8x8 board, and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – the latter is widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Singaporean/Malaysian checkers (also locally known as dum) are played on a 12×12 board. American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer scientists led by Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, perfect play by each side would result in a draw.
Webster Dictionary
Checkers
a game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them
Etymology: [See Checher, v.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Checkers
chek′ėrz, n.pl. the game of draughts.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
checkers
A game much used by seamen, especially in the tops, where usually a checker-board will be found carved.
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The numerical value of Checkers in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Checkers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.
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He was a philosopher at heart that always saw the bigger picture. Even when we would engage in debate I felt he was playing chess while I was playing checkers, mario, you have earned it and your place in history is secure. You can now sleep with the greats.
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- juego de damasSpanish
- דַמקָהHebrew
- damaItalian
- jogo de damasPortuguese
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