Dama - Turkish Checkers

Turkish Checkers (also known as Dama) is a variant of draughts played in Turkey.

On an 8x8 board, 16 men are lined up on each side, in two rows, skipping the furthest back. Men can move forward or sideways one square, capturing by means of a jump. When a man reaches the back row, he is promoted to a king at the end of the move. Kings may move any number of squares forwards or sideways, capturing by jumping over any piece and landing in any square within permissible path beyond said piece.

The object is to capture all your opponent's pieces, or to reduce your opponent to not being able to make any move with the pieces he has remaining on the board.

Basic Rules:

• A single man captures in any of the same 3 directions.

• A king captures by jumping to a vacant square beyond an adverse piece, any distance away.

• A single man or a king must continue jumping as long as possible.

• With choice of captures, the player must take the maximum number of adverse pieces.

• Within a multi capture turning 180 degrees between two captures is illegal.

• Each captured piece is removed from the board before the captor continues jumping; its removal may therefore open up additional captures previously impossible.

Dames Turques (aussi connu comme Dama) est une variante de projets joué en Turquie.

Sur un plateau de 8x8, 16 hommes sont alignés de chaque côté, en deux rangées, sauter le plus en arrière. Les hommes peuvent aller de l'avant ou sur le côté d'une case, la capture au moyen d'un saut. Quand un homme atteint la rangée arrière, il est promu à un roi à la fin du mouvement. Kings peuvent se déplacer d'autant de cases vers l'avant ou de côté, la capture en sautant par dessus toute pièce et l'atterrissage en toute carré dans le chemin admissible au-delà de ladite pièce.

Le but est de capturer toutes les pièces de votre adversaire, ou pour réduire votre adversaire de ne pas être capable de faire tout mouvement avec les pièces qu'il a restant sur le bord.

Règles de base:

• Un seul homme capture dans l'un des 3 mêmes directions.

• Un roi capture en sautant sur une place vacante au-delà une pièce adverse, toute distance.

• Un seul homme ou d'un roi doivent continuer de sauter aussi longtemps que possible.

• Avec le choix de captures, le joueur doit prendre le nombre maximal de pièces défavorables.

• Dans une capture multiples tournant à 180 degrés entre les deux captures est illégal.

• Chaque pièce capturée est retirée du plateau avant le capteur continue de sauter; son retrait peut donc ouvrir de captures supplémentaires auparavant impossible.

Turkish Checkers (also known as Dama) is a variant of draughts played in Turkey.

On an 8x8 board, 16 men are lined up on each side, in two rows, skipping the furthest back. Men can move forward or sideways one square, capturing by means of a jump. When a man reaches the back row, he is promoted to a king at the end of the move. Kings may move any number of squares forwards or sideways, capturing by jumping over any piece and landing in any square within permissible path beyond said piece.

The object is to capture all your opponent's pieces, or to reduce your opponent to not being able to make any move with the pieces he has remaining on the board.

Basic Rules:

• A single man captures in any of the same 3 directions.

• A king captures by jumping to a vacant square beyond an adverse piece, any distance away.

• A single man or a king must continue jumping as long as possible.

• With choice of captures, the player must take the maximum number of adverse pieces.

• Within a multi capture turning 180 degrees between two captures is illegal.

• Each captured piece is removed from the board before the captor continues jumping; its removal may therefore open up additional captures previously impossible.