1000000000000...(1 googleplex) reasons why Chess is Better than Checkers part 1

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reasons why Chess is Better than Checkers

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I'll Start Off.

1.Chess is harder than checkers

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The pieces look more appealing.

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lol!

3. In checkers, you only play with 12 pieces -- in chess, you have 16!

4. In checkers, the pieces have to play on the dark squares only. In chess, you have the opportunity to take control of both light and dark squares.

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5. There are more variants in chess than in checkers

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8. In chess, you get to play funny-sounding openings like the Bird, Orangutan, and Hippopotamus.

@mashantor: I agree -- this is a potentially epic thread! Laughing

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9.In chess, pieces move diffrently while in checkers, they all move the same way

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10. There's no money in checkers.

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11. chess has diffrent types of opennings, checkers has 2(start form the side or play from the middle)

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12. there is chessboxing but no checkerboxing

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HumbleBIOS wrote:

God doesn't like checkers as much as he likes Chess or he'd be having me on the checkers website and not on here! LOL!

please no religious things, they may insult other

14. checkers is the game that non- chess players play

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13. Chess uses all 64 squares. Checkers use only half or 32 squares.

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16.in chess you can have things named after you

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17. The name. "Checkers" sound silly and in England we call it "Draughts" which is annoying to say and spell.

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18.Chess was created in the 6th century while checkers was created in the 12th century. chess is older

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19. Checkers has been solved.

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20.  Chess has a very extensive literature, probably exceeding that of all other games combined.

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21. There are more books on chess than anything else (unlike checkers)

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22. Chess is about sniping, checkers about genocide.

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Chess is not better than Checkers, they are different games. Chess is just more complex

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