Is Checkers a better game then Chess?

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There is a VERY important rule in checkers that 99% of people DO NOT KNOW!!!!  And it makes the game of checkers FANTASTIC!!!   The rule is:  JUMPS ARE COMPULSORY!!!!!!!   And that rule make checkers a VERY good game.  Try it sometime!!!!!  

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ComptonShores wrote:

There is a VERY important rule in checkers that 99% of people DO NOT KNOW!!!!  And it makes the game of checkers FANTASTIC!!!   The rule is:  JUMPS ARE COMPULSORY!!!!!!!   And that rule make checkers a VERY good game.  Try it sometime!!!!!  

Yes, this is the rule that makes checkers a good game

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hi

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Is this a Joke no!

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You ask this on chess.com?
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EdibleMagic wrote:

Is Checkers a better game then Chess?

Honestly, kids should learn checkers before chess. Make them better chess players.

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Checkers is a pile of dung.

Played by simpletons, mostly.

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There is a case to be made for Draughts being more difficult than chess.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308699208_Draughts_is_more_difficult_than_chess

If you don't want to read the whole thing, this pretty much sums it up:

"Checkers is a less attractive game, infinitely less, but much more scientific. Look, a less good
move in draughts is irreparable and has immediate drastic consequences. However, with chess one can still return and change the position of the pieces and possibly even win"
 
- Words from Mr. Joseph Henry Blackburne, The Black Death of Chess himself
 
 

 

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Still dung.

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Checker players are smarter. Chess sucks all the brains of the addicted.

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Checkers is for tramps--Morphy

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Go, maybe. Go is that mystical thing all chess players admire.

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If you ask this question in a chess site what do you expect the answer to be.

 

If I ask this question amongst checker players I’d get exactly the opposite answer.   

 

DONT BE DISCRIMINATORY and GAMIST.  HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER GAMES!!!!

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Pardon me for skipping some comments. I think it depends on what you enjoy better.

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NO?! CHECKERS IS RUBBISH.

Except as a very casual, play with tea game. Please don't inflict your lefty PC nonsense on us... what are we meant to say?

Oh, hey guys... Chess and Checker are both great, and like, Checkers is just as good... but in a less intense way, and... why don't we have a group hug and... talk about feelings and stuff?

Get Stuffed?!

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LionVanHalen wrote:

NO?! CHECKERS IS RUBBISH.

Except as a very casual, play with tea game. Please don't inflict your lefty PC nonsense on us... what are we meant to say?

Oh, hey guys... Chess and Checker are both great, and like, Checkers is just as good... but in a less intense way, and... why don't we have a group hug and... talk about feelings and stuff?

Get Stuffed?!

Please give a reason why "CHECKERS IS RUBBISH".

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Elkapan11 wrote:

Go, maybe. Go is that mystical thing all chess players admire.

Or maybe not. Go is better than Checker... but very much lacks the charm of Chess.

Same with Backgammon and domino ect.

Games for dumdum...

Lion has spoken.

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LionVanHalen wrote:
Elkapan11 wrote:

Go, maybe. Go is that mystical thing all chess players admire.

Or maybe not. Go is better than Checker... but very much lacks the charm of Chess.

Same with Backgammon and domino ect.

Games for dumdum...

Lion has spoken.

Nobody is claiming that dominoes is better than chess here.

Read this and see if you still think checkers is for stupid people: https://fmjd.org/downloads/Course/en/Course%203/S3.Strategy.pdf

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Obviously some people will take Checker very serious... am sure they have professional backgammon and domino player... and tiddlywinky player?

Chess is... Best by test.