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Russian Draughts

Shashki: 8×8 draughts where men capture backwards, kings fly, and a man crowned mid-capture keeps going.

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How to play

  1. An 8×8 board, dark squares only; twelve men each. White moves first.
  2. Men move one square diagonally forward but capture by jumping diagonally in any direction, including backwards.
  3. Kings move and capture any distance along diagonals and may land on any empty square beyond the piece taken.
  4. Capturing is compulsory and a sequence must be completed, but you may choose any sequence. Jumped pieces come off only when the sequence ends.
  5. A man reaching the far row during a capture is crowned at once and continues as a king. No pieces or no moves loses.