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{{Short description|British draughts player}} {{Use British English|date=November 2018}} ...

{{Short description|Irish draughts player}} ...t the [[United States]] and in 2003 won a silver medal at the English Open Draughts Championship, as runner-up to Fred Buckby. ...

...n in the 3-move variation from 2003 to 2013, winning five [[World Checkers/Draughts Championship|world championship]]s, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011. ...US title at the international form in 1995 and then switched to [[English draughts]], also known as "American checkers". He went on to win the US National Tou ...

{{Short description|British draughts player}} ...y drawing [[James Morrison (draughts player)|James Morrison]] with a score of 0-0-24 and in 1989 he defeated [[Elbert Lowder]] 4-3-16. ...

{{Short description|Computer program that plays draughts}} '''Nemesis''' is an [[English draughts]] program by Murray Cash. Today Nemesis is no longer commercially available ...

...with the leading or champion figures in the history of various forms of [[draughts]]. The list should be limited to those who are notable in the game or its h ==Champions or masters in variants of draughts== ...

'''Asa Long''' (1904{{snd}}1999) was an American [[checkers]] player, winner of multiple US Championships, spanning more than sixty years, and a one-time W ...been a remarkable amateur. It is said he clocked 55,000 hours in the study of checkers. ...

| sport = [[English draughts|Checkers]] | worlds_type = [[World Checkers/Draughts Championship|World Champion]] ...

...of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. He has been called the [[Muhammad Ali]] of the checkers world for his [[trash-talk]]ing.{{Citation needed|date=July 20 In 1998 he made it into [[Guinness World Records]] for playing against 385 players simultaneously and beating them all.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usachec ...

|italic title = Starting position on a 7×7 draughts board (black square don't shown) |players = 2 ...

{{further|Draughts}} |title = International draughts ...

| workplaces = [[University of Alberta]] | alma_mater = [[University of Waterloo]]<br/>[[University of Toronto]] ...

|players = 2 ...and the diagonals of its grid are the predecessor of the checkering of the draughts board.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} ...

|sport = [[English draughts|Checkers]] |worlds_type = [[World Checkers/Draughts Championship|World Champion]] ...

{{about|the mathematical analysis of games|games that involve mathematics|mathematical puzzle|the Martin Gardner ...are relatively basic, the game can be rigorously analyzed through the lens of [[combinatorial game theory]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} ...

|title = English draughts |players = 2 ...

...and an end-game database for all positions with eight pieces or fewer. All of Chinook's knowledge was programmed by its creators, rather than learned usi ...tion]] and [[English Draughts Association]] were against the participation of a computer in a human championship. When Tinsley resigned his title in prot ...

...-869173-4}}</ref> The term or category may also be used for some card game of its own with the same aim, like [[Black Peter (card game)|Black Peter]]. ...ère ouvert''' is a [[500 (card game)|500]] bid where the player is so sure of losing every trick that they undertake to do so with their cards placed fac ...

{{Short description|Type of two player board game}} '''Fox games''' are a category of asymmetric [[board game]]s for two players, where one player (the [[fox]]) attempts to catch the opponent's pieces (ty ...

...an X or an O) on part of the board, which consists of a 3×3 grid. The aim of the game is to complete 3 squares in a row, either vertically, horizontally ...ame ends if one player removes all cards of the 13-card pile, or when both players are "stuck" and cannot remove/put up any more cards, and manually end the g ...