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Mongolia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.17.170.74 (talk) 21:55, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

English draughts

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Are there any rule differences between this game and English draughts? If so, neither page about the two games makes this clear. If not, should they be incorporated into one article? Seb144 (talk) 22:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • As far as I know, the only main difference is that kings can move multiple spots at once.
Illu45 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]
  • Having played both versions, i can confirm there is another game-changing difference besides the kings' multiple-squares moves (and jumps) : in English draughts, "uncrowned pieces may jump only diagonally forward". Also, though somewhat less important IMO, is another difference: in ED "if a player's [uncrowned] piece jumps into the kings row, the current move terminates; the piece cannot continue on by jumping back out (as in a multiple jump), until the next move" -- Jokes_Free4Me (talk) 08:06, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • In Russian Draughts, all pieces can jump backwards and forwards to capture, and entering the kings row on a jump doesn't end the move, but the piece becomes a king anyway. As in English, jumping is compulsory, but you can chose your jump path freely as long as you do not stop when a jump is available. In International, the greatest number of jumps is compulsory, and a piece must stop in the king row to be crowned, but can't abort a multi jump sequence to stop there. And of course the 10x10 board. Russian also has the flying kings rule from International, which lets kings move multiple spaces on a diagonal both before and after the jump. That's why pieces stay on the board until the jump sequence ends in games with flying kings. (talk) 03:56, 12 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]