"was 3 minutes and 52.98 seconds. Some older well known programs are: International draughts International draughts (also called Polish draughts or international checkers) is a strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts. The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light colours, of which only the 50 dark squares are used. Each player has 20 pieces, light for one player and dark for the other, at opposite sides of the board. In conventional diagrams the board is displayed with the light pieces at the bottom; in this orientation the lower-left corner square must be"
"played on a 12×12 board. The 8×8 variant of draughts was weakly solved in 2007 by the team of Canadian computer scientist Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, both players can guarantee a draw with perfect play. Draughts is played by two opponents, on opposite sides of the gameboard. One player has the dark pieces; the other has the light pieces. Players alternate turns. A player may not move an opponent's piece. A move consists of moving a piece diagonally to an adjacent unoccupied square. If the adjacent square contains an opponent's piece, and the square immediately beyond it"
"Canadian checkers Canadian checkers (or Canadian draughts) is a variant of the strategy board game draughts. It is one of the largest draughts games, played on a 12×12 checkered board with 30 game pieces per player. The game was invented by the French settlers of Quebec, Canada; it was named ""Grand jeu de dames"". It is unknown when the game was first played in Canada. The ""huff"" rule was dropped in 1880 after a dispute developed during the Canadian championship match. The idea of an increased-size international draughts game is older still; boards with 12×12 squares were on sale in"
"London in 1805. Canadian checkers follows the same rules and conventions as international draughts, the only differences are the larger gameboard (12×12 squares instead of 10×10), and more checkers per player (30 instead of 20). The starting setup is shown in the diagram. Games are recorded using the same method of notation used by other draughts variants, extended for a board of 144 squares (see diagram). Bibliography Canadian checkers Canadian checkers (or Canadian draughts) is a variant of the strategy board game draughts. It is one of the largest draughts games, played on a 12×12 checkered board with 30 game"
"""are not sufficient to play a game"". These extra rules are: Bell also includes a scoring system for rating games. Alquerque Alquerque (also known as Qirkat) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: ""checkers"") and Fanorona. The game does not appear in literature until late in the 10th century when the Arab author Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani mentioned Qirkat in his 24 volume work ""Kitab al-Aghani"" (""Book of Songs""). This work, however, made no mention of the rules of the game. In ""Board"
"in the United States, the logos for betting houses such as Ladbrokes were pixelated out and digitally obscured, along with any audible references to them, because of American laws and policies against online gambling; however other US broadcasters usually carry overseas darts tournaments without any edits other than for timing and narrative purposes, and Americans usually cannot visit the sites for betting houses outside of redirection pages. Darts Darts is a sport in which small missiles are thrown at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall. Though various boards and rules have been used in the past, the term ""darts"""
"American Pool Checkers American Pool checkers, also called ""American Pool"", is a variant of draughts, mainly played in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States and in Puerto Rico. As in the related game English draughts (also known as ""American checkers"" or ""straight checkers""), the game is played on an 8x8 board with the double corner (corner without a checker) to each player's right. The opponent playing the dark pieces will start the game by making the first move. One difference from the rules of English checkers is that a piece may capture both forward and backward. A player must capture"
"American-style board game American-style board games are a loose category of tabletop games that generally feature a prominent theme, encourage direct conflict between players (even in some co-op games such as """"), and have a significant degree of luck. They are distinguished from Eurogames (German-style board games) in that American-style games often have longer playtimes and mechanics designed to suit the theme. Not all games from the United States fall under this category; party games and family games with simpler rulesets are usually not included. These games are sometimes referred to as Ameritrash, which is used occasionally as a term"
"well be substituted. So the name of the board game is ""noughts & crosses"", whereas the rhetorical phrases are ""bring to naught"", ""set at naught"", and ""availeth naught"". The Reader's Digest ""Right Word at the Right Time"" labels ""naught"" as ""old-fashioned"". Whilst British English makes this distinction, in United States English, the spelling ""naught"" is preferred for both the literal and rhetorical/poetic senses. ""Naught"" and ""nought"" come from the Old English ""nāwiht"" and ""nōwiht"", respectively, both of which mean ""nothing"". They are compounds of ""no-"" (""no"") and ""wiht"" (""thing""). The words ""aught"" and ""ought"" (the latter in its noun sense)"
"Craits Craits (sometimes spelled Crates or Creights) is a shedding card game for two to five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights, which forms the origin of its name. Craits is similar to the marketed game Uno, which has its own specialized deck, and many cards share the functions of Uno's specialized cards. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is used; if more than five players wish to play, two decks may be used. To determine the first dealer, cards may be drawn from the deck by each player;"
"white. Enemy pieces are captured by jumping over them. The 8×8 variant of draughts was weakly solved in 2007 by the team of Canadian computer scientist Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, both players can guarantee a draw with perfect play. Though pieces are traditionally made of wood, now many are made of plastic, though other materials may be used. Pieces are typically flat and cylindrical. They are invariably split into one darker and one lighter colour. Traditionally and in tournaments, these colours are red and white, but black and red are common in the United States, as well"
"Spades Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/""cutthroat"" game. The object is to take at least the number of tricks (also known as ""books"") that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh Hell. Its major difference as compared to other Whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the Spade suit always trumps, hence the name."
"diagonally. All references to squares refer to the dark squares only. The main differences from English draughts are: the size of the board (10×10), pieces can also capture backward (not only forward), the long-range moving and capturing capability of kings known as flying, and the requirement that the maximum number of men be captured whenever a player has capturing options. These are extra rules accommodated in some tournaments and may vary: Each of the fifty dark squares has a number (1 through 50). Number 46 is at the left corner seen from the player with the light pieces. Number 5"
"American Darts American darts is a regional variant of the game (most U.S. dart players play the traditional ""English"" style darts). This style of dart board is most often found in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and parts of New York state. American Darts originated in eastern Pennsylvania in the early 20th century; this style of darts was first played in both the Philadelphia area and the coal regions of northeastern Pennsylvania. There are a number of differences between an ""American"" board and a traditional ""English"" board. American Darts uses a board made of basswood, using the end grain."
"draughts rules to a hexagonal gameboard, increasing options for moves and tactics, and reducing draws. The World Draughts Federation (FMJD) has actively promoted Hexdame as an alternative to the 10×10 game. Dameo utilizes all 64 squares of the checkerboard and introduces linear movement of lines of men, similar to Epaminondas and Bushka, to speed play, enhance tactics and curtail draws. ""Considerable work has already gone into analyzing Dameo, and some remarkable discoveries have been made in the area of endgame positions with just a few pieces left."" On 13 May 2000 in Enschede, SE Fireworks exploded 120 meters from Freeling's"
"or each member of each team has thrown that specific round. American Darts is a regional USA variant of the game (most U.S. dart players play the traditional games described above). This style of dart board is most often found in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and parts of New York state. This is played in exactly the same way as a regular game of darts, but using recurve or compound bows to shoot full length arrows from a distance to hit a 60 cm or 90 cm paper target face that looks like a dartboard. These are commercially"
"the black pieces, and the other player has the white pieces, although any two colors or distinguishable objects are appropriate. Players decide among themselves what colored pieces to play. They also decide who will start first. Each player's 16 pieces are placed initially on the first four ranks of each player's side of the board. Permainan-Tabal Permainan-Tabal is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Indonesia. The game is sometimes referred to as a cross between Alquerque and Draughts. It is essentially Draughts played on an expanded Alquerque board. It is especially similar to Draughts in that the moves of"
"Bashni Bashni (also known as ""Stolbovye shashki"") is a draughts game based on the rules of Russian draughts, main difference from other draughts games is that after capturing pieces instead of being removed from the board are placed under the piece that jumped over them, forming a column (Russian word Bashni meaning column). It is played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR. A variant, Lasca, was invented by World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker, using a mixture of the rules from Bashni and English draughts. Games and positions are recorded using a special notation – algebraic notation. The"
"Darts Darts is a sport in which small missiles are thrown at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall. Though various boards and rules have been used in the past, the term ""darts"" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules. As well as being a professional competitive game, darts is a traditional pub game, commonly played in Britain and Ireland, across the Commonwealth, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the Scandinavian countries, the United States, and elsewhere. Darts were historically used in warfare in ancient history; skirmishers used darts of varying sizes, similar"
"initial setup and number of men, enhanced movement of kings, and the addition of ""linear movement"" of a line of men. In Dameo: Other than the above, the rules for Dameo can be taken directly from those for international draughts (checkers). For convenience, these have been summarized below. (Else see International draughts#Rules.) Bibliography Dameo Dameo is a strategy board game for two players invented by Christian Freeling in 2000. It is a variant of the game draughts (or checkers) and is played on an 8×8 checkered gameboard. Dameo owes much of its existence to the game ""Croda"" invented in 1995"
"of this family that is popular in the United States. Other examples include Belote and Skat. In contrast to Europe, Chinese trick-taking games did not develop trumps or bidding. They diverged into multi-trick games where melds can only be beaten by other melds provided they have the same number of cards. During the Qing dynasty, these multi-trick games evolved into the earliest draw-and-discard games where the players' objective is to form melds and ""go out"" rather than capturing the opponents' cards. Khanhoo is an example of a multi-trick game that became a draw-and-discard game. Multi-trick games are also probably the"
"Permainan-Tabal Permainan-Tabal is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Indonesia. The game is sometimes referred to as a cross between Alquerque and Draughts. It is essentially Draughts played on an expanded Alquerque board. It is especially similar to Draughts in that the moves of the pieces are strictly forward and sideways until they are promoted to Kings by reaching the other player's first rank. The game is also referred to as Dama. The game consist of a standard Alquerque board but flanked on two of its opposite sides are triangular boards. Each player has 16 pieces. One player has"
"ranked pieces. Furthermore, the initial positions of the pieces are different from most draughts games, and the movements as well. Promotion to higher rank is also a feature in this game. The game belongs to the draughts family, and its closest relatives are Italian draughts and Dablot Prejjesne. These games have the common feature that pieces can only capture enemy pieces of the same rank or lower. There are a few variants of Italian Damone. One variant starts off with 3 Damas and 3 Pedines with no Damones. Another variant requires only the capture of all Damones to win the"
"rulebooks and additions. The 80s saw several Dungeons & Dragons controversies such as the claims that the game promoted Satanism and witchcraft. Traditional Roleplaying games were the basis for the modern Role-playing video game. In colonial America, the game of Hazard was called ""crapaud"" by the French in New Orleans (a French word meaning ""toad"" in reference to the original style of play by people crouched over a floor or sidewalk). This was later shortened to craps and after several adaptations became the most popular gambling dice game in the United States. Sic bo was introduced into the United States"
"Alquerque Alquerque (also known as Qirkat) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: ""checkers"") and Fanorona. The game does not appear in literature until late in the 10th century when the Arab author Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani mentioned Qirkat in his 24 volume work ""Kitab al-Aghani"" (""Book of Songs""). This work, however, made no mention of the rules of the game. In ""Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations"", R. C. Bell writes that ""when the Moors invaded Spain they took El-quirkat with"
"playing pieces may be termed checkers, draughts, stones, men, counters, pawns, discs, pips, chips, or nips. The objective is for players to remove (""bear off"") all their checkers from the board before their opponent can do the same. In the most often-played variants the checkers are scattered at first; as the game progresses they may be blocked or hit by the opponent. As the playing time for each individual game is short, it is often played in matches where victory is awarded to the first player to reach a certain number of points. Each side of the board has a"
"Armenian draughts Armenian draughts is a variant of draughts (or checkers) played in Armenia. Its rules are quite similar to Turkish draughts. Armenian draughts, however, allows diagonal movement, too. Players take turns with each making one move per turn. Pieces consist of men and kings. There are no kings in the setup position. On an 8x8 board, 16 men are lined up on each side in two rows, skipping the first and last row. So, from a player's point of view, the second and third row are filled with his own men, and the sixth and seventh row are filled"
"continue and play another three cards; having a supply of kings and easy ways to change suits can result in a player getting rid of multiple cards within the same turn. Craits Craits (sometimes spelled Crates or Creights) is a shedding card game for two to five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights, which forms the origin of its name. Craits is similar to the marketed game Uno, which has its own specialized deck, and many cards share the functions of Uno's specialized cards. A standard deck of 52 playing"
"b2 – 00. First official rules was adopted by Assembly members of the Saint Petersburg regional Club 16–17 March 2002. Bashni Bashni (also known as ""Stolbovye shashki"") is a draughts game based on the rules of Russian draughts, main difference from other draughts games is that after capturing pieces instead of being removed from the board are placed under the piece that jumped over them, forming a column (Russian word Bashni meaning column). It is played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR. A variant, Lasca, was invented by World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker, using a mixture of"
"Draft horse A draft horse (US), draught horse (UK, Ireland and Commonwealth) or dray horse (from the Old English ""dragan"" meaning ""to draw or haul""; compare Dutch ""dragen"" and German ""tragen"" meaning ""to carry"" and Danish ""drage"" meaning ""to draw"" or ""to fare""), less often called a carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal doing hard tasks such as plowing and other farm labor. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile temperament which made them indispensable to generations"
"published by the American Contract Bridge League. The majority of rules mirror those of duplicate bridge in the bidding and play and differ primarily in procedures for dealing and scoring. In 2001, the WBF promulgated a set of Laws for online play. Bridge is a member of the family of trick-taking games and is a development of Whist, which had become the dominant such game and enjoyed a loyal following for centuries. According to the ""Oxford English Dictionary"", ""Bridge"" is the English pronunciation of a game called ""Biritch"", which was also known as Russian Whist. However, the idea of a"
"a human to beat the computer software, being saddled with a weak computer partner does ""not"" provide a satisfying game. Thus, Cutthroat makes more sense for a computer game than Partners. Spades Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/""cutthroat"" game. The object is to take at least the number of tricks (also known as ""books"") that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh Hell."
"Italian Damone Italian Damone is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Italy. It is a unique draughts (checkers) variant. Instead of several undifferentiated pieces as found in most draughts games, Italian Damone has ranked pieces; moreover, there are only eight pieces. The pieces are ranked from high to low as Damone, Damas, and Pedine. The Damone is sometimes referred to as Imperatore. The standard game has 1 Damone, 2 Damas, and 5 Pedines for each player. A player's piece can only capture an enemy piece(s) if the enemy piece(s) are the same rank or lower. They cannot capture higher"