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the game that looks like chess for people in a hurry — and got mathematically solved.
means A two-player board game played on a checkered board with round pieces that move diagonally and capture by jumping, known as draughts outside North America.
from From "checker," the patterned squares of the board, which traces back through Old French "eschequier" (chessboard) to a Persian word "shah" (king) — the same royal root that gives us "chess," "check," and "exchequer," the latter named for the checkered cloth medieval accountants used to reckon sums. So the humble checkerboard shares ancestry with kings and treasuries; the game's other name, "draughts," simply comes from the act of drawing or dragging a piece across the board.
- officially solved
- Computers proved perfect play ends in a draw, 2007
- ancient roots
- Versions date back to 3000 BC Mesopotamia
- forced jumps
- In standard rules, capturing is mandatory
- named dog
- Nixon's 1952 speech saved his career via a puppy
- kings only
- Reaching the back row doubles your power
marion tinsley — american checkers champion who won 9 world titles and lost only 7 games in 45 years of competition
chinook — computer program that defeated world champion marion tinsley 4-2 in 1992, solving checkers as a draw
world checkers championship — international competition held since 1840, with major matches in russia, england, and the united states