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Canadian checkers

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Canadian checkers, also called Canadian draughts, is a variant of the draughts family of games played on a twelve-by-twelve board with thirty pieces per player, making it one of the largest checkers variants by board size and piece count. It follows international draughts rules, including flying kings that may move and capture across any number of empty squares along a diagonal, with the larger board and piece count as the main distinguishing features rather than any change to the capturing geometry itself. The game is traditionally credited to French settlers in Quebec, Canada, where it was originally called the grand jeu de dames, and it has remained continuously played there for more than two centuries, also spreading to parts of the Caribbean including Guyana and Suriname through historical trade and migration links. A notable rule change came in 1880, when the huff rule, which allowed forfeiting a missed mandatory capture instead of taking it, was eliminated following a dispute during a Canadian championship match.

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1. Canadian checkers (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, description
    Canadian checkers (or Canadian draughts) is a variant of the strategy board game draughts.
  • Body, board and pieces
    played on a 12x12 checkered board with 30 game pieces per player
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