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'''Checkers'''{{NoteTag|When this word is used in the UK, it is usually spelled '''chequers''' (as in ''Chinese chequers''); see further at [[American and British spelling differences]].}} ([[American English]]), also known as '''draughts''' ({{IPAc-en|d|r|ɑː|f|t|s|,_|d|r|æ|f|t|s}}; [[British English]]), is a group of [[Abstract strategy game|strategy]] [[board game]]s for two players which involve
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]] and [[Turkish draughts]], both on an 8x8 board; and [[International draughts]], played on a 10×10 board – with the latter 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 [[dam]]) are played on a 12×12 board.
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