BrainKing - Game rules (Gothic Checkers)

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Statistics of won games
white	2987 (45.84 %)
black	3031 (46.52 %)
Draws	497 (7.62 %)

Short description of specific rules of Checkers variants

Game type	Board size	Number of pieces	Long moves of promoted piece	Pawns can jump backwards	*Quantity rule ()**	Quality rule ()**	Preference rule ()*	Special rules
Checkers	8x8	12
Anti Checkers	8x8	12
Czech Checkers	8x8	12	x				x
Corner Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	Pawns promote in corner squares only.
One Way Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	All pawns move and jump in the same direction.
Parachute Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	Parachutist does not have a jumping preference.
Gothic Checkers	8x8	16
Turkish Checkers	8x8	16	x		x
Alquerque	5x5	12		x				Pawns do not promote.
Hawaiian Checkers	8x8	32		x				Pawns do not promote and multiple jumps must be in the same direction.
International Checkers	10x10	20	x	x	x
Russian Checkers	8x8	12	x	x				If pawn jumps to last row, it promotes and continues jumping immediately.
Canadian Checkers	12x12	30	x	x	x
Thai Checkers	8x8	8	x					Queen must jump to the first square after jumped piece.
Brazilian Checkers	8x8	12	x	x	x
Portuguese Checkers	8x8	12	x		x	x
Italian Checkers	8x8	12			x	x		More complicated quality jumping rules.
Dameo	8x8	18	x	x	x			Pawns can make linear moves and all pieces can jump only orthogonally.

(*) It is mandatory to capture as many pieces (as one multi-jump) as possible.
(**) It is mandatory to capture the maximum possible amount of promoted pieces.
(***) It is mandatory to capture with a promoted piece if possible.

Gothic Checkers

Gothic Checkers is one of the newest variation of Checkers with two important differences:

Starting position of the pieces. As the following picture shows, the pieces are placed on both dark and light fields of the board:
Movement of pieces. A pawn can move (and jump) in five directions - the standard Checkers diagonally-forward moves are extended by horizontally-left, horizontally-right and directly forward moves. When a pawn reaches the last row, it turns to a king that can move (and jump) one space in any direction (left, up-left, up, up-right, right, down-right, down and down-left).

The following picture displays an example of black king capturing four white pawns (before and after the move):

The other rules are the same as for Checkers.
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See also: Checkers, Anti Checkers, Czech Checkers, Corner Checkers, One Way Checkers, Parachute Checkers, Gothic Checkers, Turkish Checkers, Alquerque, Hawaiian Checkers, International Checkers, Russian Checkers, Canadian Checkers, Thai Checkers, Brazilian Checkers, Portuguese Checkers, Italian Checkers, Dameo