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The popularity of the game of checkers today is undeniable and lies in the simplicity of the rules and the huge number of all kinds of combinations that make the game beautiful and unpredictable. It is impossible to count the fans of checkers all over the world - this is a truly popular game, which also develops logical and analytical thinking, especially among children and beginner checkers players. Almost every city in the country has drafts sections, where anyone can come and enroll. Books are published about checkers, magazines are printed, websites are opened on the Internet, and even songs are written. But in order to play a game of checkers, you don’t even need to have figures and a specially made board with you, if you wish, all this can be done from improvised means.

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Checkers: the history of the invention

The history of the invention of checkers has not yet been fully explored, but there is evidence that people were fond of this game in ancient Egypt. On the territory of Europe, checkers appeared around the third century, and each ancient people played according to its own rules, only the checkerboard and the right of the order of opponents' moves remained unchanged. The wide geography of the distribution of the game became known thanks to the archaeological finds of ancient chess around the world. Much later, in 1591, the first book about checkers was published in Spain - this is the first known written mention of the game and its rules.

Modern checkers originated 800 years ago thanks to the French, who crossed Egyptian Alkerk checkers and classical chess. At the same time, the rule for moving a checker across the playing field was taken from the strongest chess piece - the queen (queen). It is interesting that in England you can still hear how checkers are called “draughts”, and in English this means the move of the queen. The modern name of checkers was acquired from the English word "checkered" (checkered) - which denoted a chessboard.

Modern variants of the game of checkers

Today there are more than twenty different variants of checkers. They differ, ranging from the rules and ending with the size of the game board. There are varieties of checkers that are played on boards measuring 8 by 8, 10 by 10 and 12 by 12 squares. There is an even more exotic version with a board size of 8 by 10. For example, one of the popular variants of checkers is played on a board of 8 by 8 cells. This kind of checkers has received special distribution in the CIS and Israel. No less popular are “hundred-cell checkers” or “international checkers”, they use a game board measuring 10 by 10 cells. The rules of these two varieties are almost the same.

Among the many variations of checkers, “giveaway” or so-called “reverse checkers” stand apart. The meaning of the game is that in order to win you need to lose all your pieces or not be able to move, that is, lose according to the rules of classic checkers. Behind this seemingly simplicity lies no less number of all kinds of combinations and maneuvers than in ordinary checkers. Giveaways are so popular that they even hold official championships.

There is also an "unsportsmanlike", entertaining variety of checkers - "drunken checkers". The figures on the game board are glasses half-filled with alcoholic beverages. The player who beat such a checker is obliged to drink the contents of the knocked down glass. And if the checker becomes a queen, then the glass is filled to the brim. There can be many variations of the rules, it all depends on the agreements of the participants.

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diy enthusiasts,

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etsy, SherisShoppe, very soft from fabric

stacy-vaughn, buttons are always found at home(Velcro is glued on the back)a box made from an empty DVD case, a chess base made of black and white Velcro.

If you have a large family that often spends time playing board games, then you have probably already encountered the fact that chips and figures are scattered everywhere, and because of this it is so difficult to take games with you on the road. But why not make them out of something soft and light, such as felt, and then all problems are solved by themselves. You can take this board game with you anytime, anywhere!

You can play this board game with your kids in the car seat, on the bed, on the picnic mat.

Fold your felt game into a bag and tighten it with a cord, you will get a handy thing to carry or a wonderful handmade gift for one of your relatives and friends.

Today we will make a game of checkers, but, in fact, there are many games that can be designed in this way. These are tic-tac-toe, chess, dominoes and so on.

Well, let's start...
We advise you to choose felt in bright colors to make your game look more fun. First, cut out a chessboard from felt. You will probably want it to be tighter, so we recommend using two layers of fabric. If on the reverse side you come up with the idea to make another game, for example, tic-tac-toe, then its playing field will serve as a second layer for you. And if a light color of felt is chosen (as in our example, white), you will have to take two layers of light so that the second game does not shine through.

So let's cut it out:
* 2 white chess boards measuring 17x17 inches (43.2x43.2 cm);
* 32 blue squares 2x2 inches (5.08x5.08 cm);
* 4 yellow trim strips 17.5x1.25 inches (44.5x3.2cm).

Further:
* Set aside one of the large white squares meant for the second layer.
* Arrange the blue squares on your checker board, starting diagonally, and be sure to leave space around the edges for the plating.
* Pin the squares with pins, although this is not necessary, the felt will hold on well anyway.
* Start sewing on the squares from the upper right corner of the playing field. It will be much faster if you move along the lines, attaching the right sides of some squares and the left sides of others, and then move on to the next line, and so on. Try to make the corners of the squares touch, but if you can't, don't worry! Handmade gifts are nice because they don't look perfect, which gives them charm.* When the top side of the checkerboard is ready, fold it together with the second side, pin both squares and stitch them together at a distance of about 0.6 - 0.8 cm from the edge. Then cut off any excess.

Your next task will be to choose which game to make on the reverse side. In our example, these are tic-tac-toe. It is very easy to make a playing field for them, just by sewing 4 white stripes on any bright background. Then you connect both playing fields together. Next, we move on to processing the edges.

* Wrap the trim strip around one side and pin the strip. Do the same with the opposite side.

* Sew the strips and cut off the excess.
* Wrap the trim strips around the other two sides and sew them too.
* When you get to the corners, stitch all the way to the end and remove everything else as well. Now that your game board is ready, it's time to make checkers.

* Find something round to outline it, the main thing is that its size matches the size of the checkerboard square.
* You will need 12 two-layer checkers for each player, so in total you need to outline and cut out 24 circles of one color and 24 of another. Let's add originality to our checkers and sew on one side of each checker hearts for one player and stars for another to turn checker with this side, if it hit the kings. By the way, you can choose your own version of patches, hearts and stars are completely optional. So:

* Draw and cut out small stars and hearts from bright felt.

* Sew them to one of the sides of each checker, and then sew a second circle layer to all the checkers.

That's it, colorful checkers are ready!
You just need to sew a bag for them with a string stretched inside, and another one, a little more, for storing the board itself.

Now you are ready to play anywhere, anytime!

Chess board - game a field for chess, checkers and a number of other strategic board games. The classic version of a chessboard is an 8×8 field of alternating dark and light cells (fields). The first square a1 is traditionally black. There are several more varieties of chessboards in which the number and shape of cells vary, but two-color always remains an unchanged feature.

Vertical rows of fields-cells are indicated by Latin letters from a to h from left to right, and horizontal rows - by numbers from 1 to 8 from bottom to top. Accordingly, each field is indicated by a combination of these letters and numbers.
The board in the game is positioned so that the near corner field to the right of the player is white.

The same field is also suitable for playing Chaturanga, the progenitor of chess. This is an ancient Indian game of the 7th century AD. uh..

Chess board

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Lately I've noticed a craving for logic games. However, many individual games take up a lot of space. We will make a multifunctional board for checkers games.

Let's get started.

To make the board, we will need:

• cutting boards;
• Glue;
• Gas-burner;
• die;
• Drill;
• Glue;
• Paper;
• Stationery knife;
• A printer;
• dowels;
• Metal ruff;
• Dye;
• Acrylic lacquer;
• Sandpaper.

We assemble a shield from scraps of boards on dowels.

We mark the contours of our field. We cut.

We pass (not very carefully) with sandpaper the corners and the field.

After that, we burn our workpiece with a burner.

You can go the other way, but burnt wood is more suitable for my interior.

We pass with a metal brush until the structure is revealed and the desired shade is obtained.

We make chips in the same way, driving a beam through a die of a suitable size with a drill.

Then we cut the resulting cylinder into separate chips. Chips are necessary in my case at least 64 pieces. We skin our checkers, and burn them on one side.

Having printed on the printer, cut out the stencils.

We fill the markings on the fields with paint.

I prefer water soluble, because it dries faster, and after half an hour you can continue to work.

Now we open our board and chip with acrylic varnish.

The moment has come when we can safely use this product.

On such a board, you can play: checkers, reversi, go, 5 in a row, tic-tac-toe, corners, a bunch of all kinds of other checker-type games, and I would like to highlight the game abalone (a very interesting tactical-logical game, I recommend it IMHO).

Now you are not afraid of long winter evenings, and this board will be very useful for you during your summer holidays.

It is not worth saying that playing checkers is logic and strategic thinking, everyone knows this.
At the same time, it can be inconvenient for small children to use checkers bought in a store.
Too suspicious parents are worried that the thing for adults will lose what is called presentation.

Finding a way out of this situation is easy. You need to make children's checkers with your own hands from improvised materials.

You will need:

• 2-3 binders in different colors
• 24 contrasting caps (12 each of the same color),
• putty corrector,
• circuit.

If the covers of one color are not enough, you can recolor them:

• in white color - putty-corrector,
• in black - stained glass contour.

Progress

• From the folders we cut out 8 colored strips 3 cm wide in full length for the playing field and 4 strips of a contrasting color will be needed for the frame.
• Making braid:
• We fasten the strips for the frame at a right angle to make a square.
• We fasten 8 strips of the same color with a stapler perpendicular to one side of the frame.
• We fix 8 strips of a different color with a stapler on the adjacent side of the frame.
• We twist the strips together and fasten their ends to opposite sides of the frame.

The field is ready, you can arrange checkers and play.

We wish you exciting battles.