Play draughts online: International draughts (10×10)

Play draughts online for free against the computer or a friend, right in your browser, with no account and nothing to download. This is International draughts — also called Polish draughts or 10×10 checkers — the classic large-board game with twenty men per side on fifty dark squares.

White moves first, so by default the computer opens and you play black at the bottom of the board. Switch sides in Settings. Kings fly any clear diagonal distance, men capture backward, and when you must jump you must take the longest capture sequence.

Movement on this board follows international draughts as described by the FMJD. Checkerso does not claim certification by any federation.

• 1 · Move

  Tap a piece, then a marked square. Men step one square diagonally forward.

• 2 · Capture

  Men also jump backward. With several captures, you must take the most pieces.

• 3 · Flying king

  A king slides any distance along an open diagonal.

Draughts, English draughts, and checkers: which game is this?

"Draughts" is the British name for checkers, and it covers more than one game. English draughts is the 8×8 game with twelve men a side and kings that move one square, the game Americans call checkers. International draughts, on this page, is the 10×10 game with flying kings that is played in international competition and across much of continental Europe.

If the 8×8 game is the one you want, English draughts is on the home page as American checkers.

Core rules on this board

• Men move one square diagonally forward on quiet turns.
• Any jump is mandatory when available; if several captures exist, you must choose one with the maximum number of pieces taken.
• A man promotes to a king only when the move ends on the far rank. If a capture passes that rank and the chain continues, the piece stays a man for the rest of the turn and does not fly.
• You win when the opponent has no pieces or no legal move.

Longest capture is strict here — count the whole chain before you tap, especially when a flying king can skim several victims on one diagonal.

Flying kings

• Kings slide and capture along open diagonals, landing on any empty square beyond each taken piece.
• Open positions favor kings; closed clusters favor coordinated man jumps.

Plan the full capture

Sketch every hop in the longest line. A short jump that leaves a longer capture on the board is illegal.

Use backward man jumps

Men may capture toward either end of the board. Rearward hops often unlock flying king shots on the next turn.

Compared with 8×8 modes on Checkerso

American checkers and Pool checkers use twelve men on an 8×8 board. International checkers keeps flying kings like Pool but adds the 10×10 start, twenty men, and mandatory longest capture.

Pool checkers uses the same 8×8 start with flying kings but without longest-capture — a smaller board with familiar opening shapes.

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