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Modern versions of checkers, or draughts, came in 1,110 A.D. when the French created a 64-sided square board and introduced turning pieces to kings in the game.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
Chess is a classic game of strategy, similar to tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses), checkers (draughts), reversi (Othello), backgammon and go, in which players take turns placing or moving pieces.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2016
Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
Chess is a classic game of strategy, similar to tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses), checkers (draughts), reversi (Othello), backgammon and go, in which players take turns placing or moving pieces.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2016
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“Draughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draughts. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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