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What's the difference between chess and checkers ??

What's the difference between chess and checkers ??

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Hi guys, what's up, my name is @shanlee132, but you can call me Shan. Today, I am really excited because I am going to discuss the difference between chess and checkers. I will give you 5 main facts about chess vs checkers. 

  1. A game of 2 players in which each one moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules of the game across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent’s king is known as chess. On the other side, a group of strategy board games for two players that involve diagonal moves of game pieces and captures by jumping over the opponent pieces is known as checkers.
  2. Chess was originated in the 6th century in India, where it was named as On the other hand, Checkers was originated in 3000 BC in England and had a resemblance with Draughts (A group of strategy board games).
  3. There are 16 game pieces for each player in chess conversely there are 12 game pieces for each player in checkers.
  4. White moves first in chess on the flip side, black moves first in checkers.
  5. All the game pieces in chess have their own movement on the other side, all game pieces in checkers have the same movement.

I hope you enjoy this blog. I also hope you found this interesting and learned something new. Thanks for reading. I got to go now. Bye !!