Step 1 · Turkish checkers
Dama uses every square, not just dark squares. Men move straight forward or sideways, and captures jump in straight orthogonal lines.
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Step 2 · Movement shape
What makes Dama look different from English checkers and diagonal draughts?
Choose the Dama board rule.
Quick check
- Pieces move and jump along rows and columns
- Pieces stay on dark diagonals
- Pieces capture along diagonals
Show the correct answer
Correct answer: Pieces move and jump along rows and columns — Correct. Dama plays on the full board, and every move or jump runs along a row or a column.
- Pieces stay on dark diagonals — That describes English and many draughts games, not Dama.
- Pieces capture along diagonals — No. In Dama even captures run straight along rows and columns, never along diagonals.
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Step 3 · Straight jump
This light piece can jump the dark piece in a straight vertical line — no diagonals in Dama.
Tap the light piece, then tap Land here just beyond the dark piece.
The move: dama capture
Captured in a straight line.
Common mistake: Dama jumps straight. Tap the light piece, then the highlighted square directly beyond the dark piece.
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What you learned
You can now recognize Dama, explain its full-board straight movement, and complete an orthogonal capture.
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