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.

Damas turcas (también conocido como Dama) es una variante de borradores jugado en Turquía.

En un tablero de 8x8, 16 hombres se alinearon en cada lado, en dos filas, saltándose la parte posterior más lejana. Los hombres pueden moverse hacia delante o hacia los lados un cuadrado, capturando por medio de un salto. Cuando un hombre llega a la fila de atrás, que es promovido a un rey al final del movimiento. Reyes puede mover cualquier número de casillas hacia delante o hacia los lados, la captura saltando por encima de cualquier pieza y aterrizar en cualquier casilla dentro ruta admisible más allá de dicha pieza.

El objetivo es capturar todas las piezas de tu oponente, o para reducir su oponente para no ser capaz de hacer cualquier movimiento con las piezas que ha restantes en el tablero.

Reglas básicas:

• Un solo hombre capta en ninguna de las mismas 3 direcciones.

• Un rey captura saltando a una plaza vacante allá de una pieza adversa, cualquier distancia.

• Un hombre o un rey deben seguir saltando todo el tiempo posible.

• Con la selección de capturas, el jugador debe tomar el número máximo de piezas adversos.

• Dentro de una captura de varios girando 180 grados entre dos capturas es ilegal.

• Cada pieza capturada se retira del tablero antes de que el captor continúa saltando; por lo que su eliminación puede abrir capturas adicionales antes era imposible.

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.