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QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE RULES FOR CHECKERS & VARIANTS
| Variant | Size | Pieces | First Move | Man's Move | Jump Back | Jump Max | King's Move | Special Rules |
| Canadian | 12×12 | 30 ea | White | diag | yes | yes | fly diag | Same rules as International and Brazilian |
| International | 10×10 | 20 ea | White | diag | yes | yes | fly diag | Same rules as Canadian and Brazilian |
| Frisian | 10×10 | 20 ea | White | diag | yes | yes | fly diag | Hybrid game: men and kings move diagonally (men only forward), both jump in all 8 directions |
| Checkers | 8×8 | 12 ea | Red | diag | no | no | 1 sq diag | Standard Checker game at GT |
| Restriction | 8×8 | 12 ea | Red | diag | no | no | 1 sq diag | 3-move ballot: selected randomly or by you |
| 11-man ballot | 8×8 | 11 ea | Red | diag | no | no | 1 sq diag | Random removal 1 piece ea side, random first move ea side, right to accept or refuse |
| Giveaway | 8×8 | 12 ea | Red | diag | no | no | 1 sq diag | Standard Checkers, goal is to lose |
| Pool | 8×8 | 12 ea | Red | diag | yes | no | fly diag | Like Russian except man jumping in and out of back row does not crown |
| Russian | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | yes | no | fly diag | Like Pool except man jumping in and out of back row crowns en passant |
| Brazilian | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | yes | yes | fly diag | Same rules as Canadian and International |
| AfrAmer Straight | 8×8 | 12 ea | Red | diag | no | no | fly diag | Like basic Checkers except for long-range king |
| Czech | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | no | no | fly diag | Jumping with king is mandatory if possible |
| 8-man Czech | 8×8 | 8 ea | White | diag | no | no | fly diag | Same rules as 12-man Czech |
| Italian | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | no | yes | 1 sq diag | Men cannot jump king, jump max pieces, jump with king, jump max kings, jump king first |
| Spanish | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | no | yes | fly diag | Jump max pieces, jump max kings |
| Argentinian | 8×8 | 12 ea | White | diag | no | yes | fly diag | Jump max pieces, jump max kings, kings demote after jump |
| Thai | 8×8 | 8 ea | White | diag | no | no | fly diag | Kings demote after jump and can turn 180 degrees |
| Armenian | 8×8 | 16 ea | White | forwd / diag / side | no | yes | fly 8 dirs | Hybrid game: men move in 5 directions, jump in 3 (not back); kings move in 8, jump in 4 |
| Turkish | 8×8 | 16 ea | White | forwd / side | no | yes | fly orth | Orthogonal game: men move/jump in 3 directions (not back); kings move/jump in 4 |
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