Russian Draughts

Description Russian Draughts

A new form of draughts played in Russia (surprising, we know!). Get ready for an intense, cold battle like the ones you find in Tetris! Russian draughts are also known as Shashki or Russian shashki, and this variant of draughts (checkers for Americans) is played not only in Russian, but also in some parts of the former USSR, Eastern Europe and Israel. The usual rules for draughts apply to Russian Draughts: it's played by two people, on opposite sides of a playing board, alternating moves. One player has dark pieces, and the other has light pieces. These pieces move diagonally, and pieces of the opponent are captured by jumping over them. There are particular rules to Russian Draughts, like th 8x8 board, every player starting with 12 pieces and the captures being mandatory. These rules make the game even much more fun to play!