Turkish draughts (Dama)
Dama: all sixty-four squares, orthogonal movement, sixteen men a side, and pieces that vanish the instant they are jumped.
What is different here
- Every square is in play. Men move one square forward or sideways and capture in those same three directions. Nothing moves diagonally.
- Kings slide any distance along a rank or file and capture at a distance, like a rook that jumps.
- Captured pieces are removed immediately during a sequence, not at the end, which opens up routes that would otherwise be blocked.
- The majority rule applies, and a sequence may not double back on itself.
- A man crowned in the middle of a capture continues at once as a king.
- A lone king against a lone man wins immediately rather than grinding it out.
Leaderboard
Rated in the draughts-turkish pool. Every code keeps its own rating, because they are different games to the people who play them.