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Italian draughts

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Italian draughts, known in Italian as Dama italiana, is a variant of the draughts family played mainly in Italy and Northern Africa. It is a two handed game played on a board of sixty-four squares, thirty-two white and thirty-two black, with twenty-four pieces, twelve white and twelve black, and the rightmost square on both sides of the board is black. The Italian Championship has been held annually since 1925, and the first World Championship was held in 2024, won by Damiano Sciuto.

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1. Italian draughts (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence, game type
    It is a two-handed game played on a board consisting of sixty-four squares, thirty-two white and thirty-two black.
  • Lead sentence, player count
    It is a two-handed game played on a board consisting of sixty-four squares
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