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Checkers: Play in Your Browser
English draughts with compulsory captures, multiple jumps and kings, against a friend or the computer.
Checkers: Play in Your Browser: Choose a piece and follow each marked landing square. Computer difficulty changes search depth. The game uses an automatic draw after 40 individual turns without a capture. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
- Category
- Health & sport tools
- Runs
- In your browser
- Cost
- Free · no sign-up
- Availability
- Ready to use
Runs entirely in your browser
Select a piece, then each marked landing square. Captures are compulsory; continue every jump. Kings move in both directions. Promotion ends the turn. A draw is declared after 40 individual turns without a capture. Click, tap or Enter to play; arrows move focus.
English draughts
The World Checkers/Draughts Federation describes compulsory captures, forward-moving men, short-range kings and promotion ending the turn. Official rules: https://wcdf.net/rules.htm
Computer play
Easy, medium and hard search 2, 4 and 6 turns ahead with minimax and alpha-beta pruning. The player moves first. Legal landing squares are marked.
How to use it
- Choose the game options and restart when you want a fresh game.
- Play with a mouse, touch or the keyboard using the controls below.
- Read the result, or pause and resume the game.
Privacy & limitations
The game runs in your browser. No game state or chosen image is uploaded. Best results are stored locally on this device.
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Frequently asked questions
Which capture must I take?
Any complete legal capture path is allowed; taking the largest number is not compulsory. Once a jump starts, continue until no capture remains. Reaching the king row ends that turn.
How does the draw rule work?
This page declares a draw after 40 consecutive individual turns without a capture. A capture resets the count. This is a stated simplified draw rule, rather than the full tournament draw procedure.
Free tool · runs in your browser · no account required