Articles
Everything we have written about draughts so far: where the name came from, how the game is played elsewhere, and how to stop losing to your own grandmother.
- Draughts vs Checkers: Same Game, Two Names
Draughts and checkers are the same game. Here is why the two names exist, who uses which, and the handful of cases where the words genuinely part ways.
- English Draughts vs International Draughts: What Changes on a 10×10 Board
English draughts and international draughts are different games. Bigger board, flying kings, backward captures and a maximum-capture law: here is every difference that matters.
- Draughts Strategy for Beginners: Control the Centre
Seven habits that win draughts games: hold the centre, keep your back row, count every forced capture, trade when ahead and race for the first king.
- What Happened to Huffing? A Short History of the Forced-Capture Rule
Huffing let you confiscate a piece that failed to capture. The rule has been abolished from codified draughts, replaced by forced capture. Here is what it was and where it survives.
- How to Play Draughts with Friends Online (and on One Device)
Two easy ways to play draughts with friends: a free two-player mode on a single screen, or live online multiplayer against real opponents at Checkers Online.
- Famous Draughts Players and the World Championship
From Herman Hoogland, the Netherlands' first world draughts champion, to a chess world champion who invented his own variant: the people who shaped championship draughts.