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Checkers [note 1] ( American English ), also known as draughts ( / drɑːfts, dræfts /; British English ), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. [1]
Years active. 2021 -. Subscribers. 82.3k [1] Total views. 31,951,574 million times [1] Last updated: January 15, 2024. The Checkers (Japanese: チェッカーズ) was a very popular Japanese band in the 1980s. They were a pop icon of their time as kids copied hair styles and fashion of the band members.
English draughts. English draughts ( British English) or checkers ( American English ), also called straight checkers or simply draughts, [note 1] is a form of the strategy board game checkers (or draughts). It is played on an 8×8 checkerboard with 12 pieces per side.
The Checkers were an American doo-wop quintet (later quartet) formed in 1952. The original members were John Carnegie (Tenor/Lead), Charlie White (Tenor/Lead), Irwin "Teddy" Williams (Tenor), James Turner "Buddy" Brewer (Baritone), and Bill Brown (Bass/Primary Lead). The group, only having recorded 25 singles (with 1 going unreleased) for the ...
A checkerboard ( American English) or chequerboard ( British English; see spelling differences) is a game board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. [1] Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating dark and light color, typically green and buff (official tournaments), black and red ...
Chequers. / 51.74333°N 0.78194°W / 51.74333; -0.78194. Chequers ( / ˈtʃɛkərz / CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern ...
The World Checkers/Draughts Championship is the tournament of English draughts (also known as "American checkers" or "straight checkers") which determines the world champion. It is organised by the World Checkers/Draughts Federation. The first edition of the men's championship was held in the 1840s, [1] predating the men's Draughts World ...
United States v. Nixon. The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by Senator Richard Nixon ( R - CA ), six weeks before the 1952 United States presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers ...