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Checkers

Year 2 and up · Problem solving · Strategy · Counting

Draughts on the dark squares: jump to capture, and jumps are compulsory. Multi-jumps, kings, and a computer that will take your pieces if you leave them.

How do you want to play?

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Same screen

One tablet or laptop between two of you. Pass it across, no setup.

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Against the computer

Pick a level. You play Red and move first.

Beginner Club Strong

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A friend, by code

Make a table, share the five-letter code, they join from any device.

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Class tournament

A teacher hosts a room, the class joins by a six-letter code and is paired automatically, match after match, with a ladder on the board. Students type the code above.

Host a tournament

What it practises

Looking ahead, counting pieces and trades, spotting forced sequences, the numbered-square notation.

How to play

Red moves first. Men move one square diagonally forward.
If you can jump an enemy piece you must. Keep jumping while you can.
A man that reaches the far row becomes a king and can move backwards.
You win when your opponent has no pieces or no moves left.