Rules
To get a full description of the rules of Checkers this game plays, press the Rules button on the main game screen.
This game plays the standard rules of checkers. In particular, if you can capture a piece, you must capture it (you can't ignore it and move another piece instead). The game will not let you make a move which breaks these rules, and it does not cheat.
There are many different variations on the rules of Checkers that people play. Many play the rule that you do not have to take a piece. However we wanted to use one set of rules for the game, so went for the "standard" rules of checkers. For more information on these rules, click on the link below:
The Basic Rules of Checkers - good description of the rules of checkers.
MSN Gaming Zone - a quality site for playing checkers online.
iWin.com - play checkers and other games online
Board Game Central (checkers software) - links to checkers software.
Chinook - Chinook is the World Man-Machine Champion, the first computer program to win a human world championship. Recently, the Chinook project finished a complete solution to the game. The calculation took 18 years.
Board Game Central - checkers info, links and software.
American Checker Federation - lots of information, history and other interesting stuff.