Russian Draughts (Shashki)
Draughts on an 8×8 board with backward captures, flying kings, and mid-jump promotion.
How to Play
Russian draughts is played on the dark squares of an 8×8 board with 12 pieces per player. White moves first.
- Men: Move one square forward diagonally. Men can capture both forward and backward.
- Captures: Capture is mandatory. However, the player is free to choose between different capture options (no majority capture rule).
- Mid-capture Promotion: If a man reaches the promotion rank during a multi-jump sequence, it promotes to a flying king immediately and continues capturing as a king on the same turn.
- Flying Kings: Kings move and jump any distance diagonally across vacant squares.
Draws
A game is drawn by agreement, threefold repetition, or after 15 consecutive moves by each side with only kings moving and no captures.