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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 forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from [[alquerque]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Draughts.htm |title = Draughts, Checkers - Online Guide |first=James |last=Masters |website=www.tradgames.org.uk }}</ref> The term "checkers" derives from the [[Check (pattern)|checkered]] board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".<ref name="strutt2">{{cite book|last=Strutt|first=Joseph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJwSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255|title=The sports and pastimes of the people of England|year=1801|location=London|pages=255}}</ref>
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.
American checkers was [[Solved game|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.
==General rules{{anchor|Rules}}==
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