Shashki is played on the familiar 8x8 board with 12 pieces each, just like American checkers, but the movement rules are more powerful.
What is Russian draughts (shashki)?
Quick answer: Russian draughts, known as shashki, is an 8x8 variant where men can capture backward, kings fly along diagonals, and a man that reaches the last row during a jump is promoted at once and keeps capturing as a king.
Russian draughts, called shashki in Russian, is one of the most popular variants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The board and pieces
What makes it distinct
- Men capture forward and backward.
- Kings are flying kings with long range.
- If a man reaches the crowning row during a capture, it becomes a king immediately and may continue jumping as a king in the same turn.
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