Checkers is a form of the board game draughts. Unlike international draughts, it is played on an eight-by-eight squared board (with sixty-four total squares) with twelve pieces on each side. The pieces move and capture crosswise diagonally. They may only move forward until they reach the opposite end of the board, when they are "crowned" or "kinged" and may henceforth move and capture both backward and forward. Checkers is played by two people, on opposite sides of a playing board, rotating or alternating moves. Traditionally the pieces are either black, red, or white. The opponent's pieces are captured by jumping over them.
