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Russian draughts
8x8 draughts with backward captures, flying kings, and free capture choice.
Lessons in this path
- 1Russian draughts essentialsRussian draughts uses the same 8 by 8 dark-square board as English checkers, but men capture backward and kings fly along diagonals.
- 2Russian capture choiceRussian draughts makes captures mandatory, but it does not force the longest capture line the way International draughts does.
- 3Russian flying kingsRussian draughts stays on an 8 by 8 board, but kings still fly along open diagonals.
- 4Russian promotion ruleRussian draughts has a sharp promotion rule. When a man reaches the far row in the middle of a capture, it crowns immediately. If another jump is…