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Rules

Russian Draughts 8×8

Rules, board setup and how to play Russian Draughts 8×8.

8×8Board
Starting position
At a glance
Board8×8
Pieces per side12
First moveWhite

How to play

Movement
  • Men move diagonally forward, one square at a time.
  • Kings are "flying": they move and capture across any number of empty squares along a line.
Captures
  • Captures are made diagonally, jumping over an adjacent enemy piece.
  • Men may capture both forward and backward.
  • Men are allowed to capture kings.
  • Capturing is mandatory, but you may freely choose which capture to make.
Promotion
  • A man that reaches the last row mid-capture is promoted at once and continues the capture as a flying king in the same turn.
  • The game is drawn after 15 moves in which only kings move and nothing is captured.

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