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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.—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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Etymology
Middle English draghtes "chess or a similar game played on a checkerboard," plural of draught, drawt "act of pulling or drawing, movement, move in chess or a similar game" — more at draft entry 1
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