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hp3541

What do you think its better, Chess or Checkers post your opinions in the comments

RideZen2

Chess is better. In checkers, you only have 2 types of pieces, the regular & the king. This means less tactics. However, I believe checkers is still fun & can actually help you play better with the pawns in chess. πŸ™‚

tygxc

Checkers is already solved, Chess not yet completely.

ChessMasteryOfficial

Chess offers a deeper and richer gameplay experience, with more possibilities for creative play and strategic depth. Checkers tends to have simpler gameplay and may be more accessible to beginners or casual players.

RideZen2

King me! πŸ™‚

fred1259

CHESS

BigChessplayer665

Chess>checkers

NMVriesinga
Chess!
Skoldpada
While checkers is solved, i don’t think any humans have perfected it in such a way to always be able to win 100% of the time. That being said chess is better
Chirpbird
Chess!
LordHunkyhair3

Chess 100%

AZN-NMSS-IAA

Chess

brianchesscake

asking this question on a CHESS website??

GodOfFleas

Checkers > Poker > Monopoly > ??? > Chess

Facts.

jet-1103

Chess is better you can sacrifice THE ROOK!!!!!!

ST_GAMEZ

Chess!

babochka1104

Chess all day

ABC_of_EVERYTHING

I am getting bored of both checker and chess. Both game are too slow sometimes.

Compadre_J

Checkers is better in strategical undermining due to its simplicity.

Checkers has been solved which means the Winning Strategy has been discovered and the Best Opening has been discovered.

On the surface, you would think due to checkers being solved it would make Checkers easier, but it actually has the opposite effect. It makes Checkers tougher.

A checkers board looks like below:


All the squares have numbers with no letters of any sort.

The Red player moves first.Β The White player moves second.

The Winning Strategy in Checkers = Attack your opponents double corner and protect your double corner.

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Red’s Double Corner is on right side of the board (The #1 & #5 Squares)

Red’s Single Corner is on left side of the board (The #4 Square)

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White Double Corner is on left side of the board (The #28 & #32 Squares)

White Single Corner is on right side of the board (The #29 Square)

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SOUND EASY RIGHT?

But here is the catch!

We both now know the winning strategy which means we both can defend even more deadly than we ever would of have done if we didn’t know!

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Best Opening in Checkers = It is known as OLD FAITHFUL or 11-15


Checkers notation is easy to understand.

You write down the # of the square the checker starts on.

Than write down the # of the square the checker ends on.

So move 1 for Red the checker started on #11 and moved to #15

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Thus, the notation is 1. 11-15

The move 11-15 is deadly because it can threaten to play 15-19

(Attacking into White Double Corner Area on next move)

A strong White response can be to block it with 23-19

And below is 1 of the Oldest lines in checkers if I remember correctly!

It is called Old Fourteenth

Notation is:

1. 11-15 23-19

2. 8-11 22-17

3. 4-8

You can see how White Blocks Red Double Corner attack.

Than tries to pivot with other White checker to attack Red Double Corner Area.

White can’t do it, yet - He is building though!

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Incase, you want to know Checkers Theory!

The below line is supposed to be the most Theoretical way for White to respond:


The previous white move I showed 23-19 is like a defensive move.

The move 22-17 is a counter attacking move.

It is considered more theoretical!

Chaos can happen out of this line!

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Less Pieces

Solved Strategy

Solved Best Opening

10x times tougher to try and win!

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The winning strategy is common knowledge, but now to win you have to try undermine your opponents ability to achieve the strategy while progressing the strategy for yourself all the while your opponents at all times knows what is coming!

Trying to swindle person who is unaware is a lot easier vs. trying to swindle a person who is fully aware your coming and has set up defensive measures like Pitbulls, Booby Traps, and Armed Guard.

Totally Different!