Checkers 1880 was founded in Britain, and its English name is Halma (Greek for "jumping"). At first, the chessboard was square with 256 squares. At the beginning, the pieces were distributed in four corners, aiming to jump to the opposite corner as quickly as possible, and the rules were the same as checkers. Soon someone changed it into a star-shaped chessboard, which was patented by a German company, Ravensburger, called Stern-Halma. It became popular in the United States in the 1930s, and the name of Chinese checkers was changed. When this kind of chess was introduced to China, it was called Boqi. In fact, checkers did not originate in China.
Checkers is one of the oldest and most popular intellectual games in the world. The first book about checkers was published in Venice as early as 153 1. International checkers developed on the basis of checkers is popular in many countries. The International Checkers Federation has more than 50 member countries.
According to historical records, checkers first appeared in ancient Egypt, ancient Rome and ancient Greece. A picture of checkers was found in the tomb of ancient Egypt. In the British Museum, there are seal cutting paintings of ancient Egyptian lions and antelopes playing checkers. Two marble squares were excavated near the pyramids of the Loire River in France. Ancient Chinese checkers spread to Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, and some changes have taken place since then. Many countries have established national checkers. The number of squares on a chessboard is sixty-four in most countries, which is called sixty-four checkers. But in Babylon, it's a hundred squares, called checkers. Canadian checkers is 144 squares with 20 pieces on each side.
Introduction:
Checkers is a kind of chess that can be played by two or six people at the same time. The chessboard is a hexagonal star, and the pieces are divided into six colors, each color is 10 or 15. Each player uses a corner of a piece and has a piece of one color. Checkers is a puzzle chess game suitable for all ages, which is widely spread.
Rules of the game:
The rules of checkers are simple. The movement of chess pieces can be carried out step by step in six adjacent directions connected by a straight line. If there are any chess pieces in the adjacent position, the next position in the straight line direction is empty, and you can directly "jump" to the empty position. In the process of "jumping", as long as the same conditions are met, you can continue. Whoever gets all the seats directly opposite first wins. You can understand it as soon as you play, so almost everyone has played checkers. Checkers is called "wave chess" in Hong Kong.