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 (também conhecido como Dama) é uma variante de rascunhos jogados na Turquia.

Em um tabuleiro de 8x8, 16 homens estão alinhados em cada lado, em duas fileiras, ignorando a volta mais distante. Os homens podem avançar ou de lado uma praça, a captura por meio de um salto. Quando um homem atinge a fileira de trás, ele é promovido a um rei no final do movimento. Reis podem mover qualquer número de quadrados para a frente ou para os lados, capturando por saltar sobre qualquer peça e desembarque em qualquer quadrado dentro caminho permissível para além da referida peça.

O objeto é capturar todas as peças do seu oponente, ou para reduzir o seu adversário para não ser capaz de fazer qualquer movimento com as peças que ele restantes no tabuleiro.

Regras básicas:

• Um único homem captura em qualquer um dos mesmos três direcções.

• Um rei capta por saltar para um quadrado vago além de um pedaço adversa, qualquer distância.

• Um único homem ou um rei deve continuar pulando o maior tempo possível.

• Com a escolha de capturas, o jogador deve assumir o número máximo de peças adversos.

• Dentro de um multi captura girando 180 graus entre duas capturas é ilegal.

• Cada peça capturada é removida do tabuleiro antes do captor continua pulando; sua remoção pode, portanto, abrir captações adicionais anteriormente impossível.

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.