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Board setup, movement, captures, kings, notation, laws of play, beginner instruction, and the foundations of sound checkers.
Single Corner, Double Corner, Cross, Switcher, Kelso, Souter, Bristol, Glasgow, and other standard openings and variations.
Forcing moves, exchanges, traps, tempo, opposition, practical combinations, annotated games, tournaments, and match analysis.
Critical positions, composed problems, stroke problems, endings, winning methods, defensive resources, and advanced board study.
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The game of draughts or checkers, simplified and explained, with practical diagrams and illustrations. Containing the eighteen standard games, with over two hundred of the best…
A complete guide to the game of draughts (checkers) Author: Lees, James, d. 1899. [from old catalog] Year: 1915 208 p. 17 cm View on Archive.org
The game of draughts or checkers simplified and explained Author: Scattergood, D[avid] [from old catalog] Year: 1864 [32] p. 19 cm View on Archive.org
The American draught player; or, The theory and practice of the scientific game of checkers; Author: Spayth, Henry, b. 1825. [from old catalog] Year: 1880 p. cm View on Archive.org
Draughts praxis : or modern match games : a practical guide to scientific checkers Author: Dunne, Frank. Year: 1912 Includes index. View on Archive.org
Vocabulary of checkers; a dictionary of words, terms and phrases used in the game called checkers, or English draughts Author: Call, William Timothy, 1856-1917 Year: 1909 201 p.…
Guide to the game of draughts: giving the best lines of attack and defence on the standard openings, with notes and variations, also selected useful positions by various…
Joshua Sturges's guide to the game of draughts; Author: Sturges, Joshua. [from old catalog] Year: 1881 xviii, [2], 152 p. 23 cm View on Archive.org
Guide to the game of draughts Author: Robertson, John Year: 1889 308 p. incl. pl. 24 cm View on Archive.org
Sturges' Guide to the game of draughts; Author: Sturges, Joshua. [from old catalog] Year: 1850 119 p. 19 cm View on Archive.org
A complete guide to the game of draughts .. Author: Lees, James. [from old catalog] Year: 1909 173, [2] p. 17 cm View on Archive.org
Sturges' guide to the game of draughts, with critical situations; Author: Sturges, Joshua, -1813 Year: 1895 xxx, 240 p. 19 cm View on Archive.org
A complete guide to the game of draughts ... being instructions to students and learners in the most scientific methods of playing the various games;
The Game of Draughts: Simplified and Illus. with Practical Diagrams is a public domain book, originally published in 1852. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Sturges' guide to the game of draughts, with critical situations;
[72] pages 19 cm
126 p. 17 cm
88 pages : 17 cm
The game of draughts, Flora Temple branch of the single corner opening; an analysis and compilation of over two hundred and eighty variations Author: Ketchum, Preston H. [from…
Cover title: The game of draughts: Gould's book of problems, critical positions and games
The draughts-player's guide and companion : a guide to the student, and a companion for the advanced player Author: Dunne, Frank Year: 1890 Cover title: The game of draughts.…
72 p., 1 l. 16 cm
421 p. 24 x 22 cm
vi, [7]-42, [2] p. 17 cm
iv, 74 p. 23 cm
32 p. incl. port., diagrs. 18 cm
285p. 22cm
67 p
Analysis of five two-move openings in draughts (checkers)
Checkers improved : over 200 games and problems, laws of the game, the move, classification, explanations, etc. for the new board without checks, and the old board with its 64…
The theory and design of structures; atext-book for the use of students, draughts-men, and engineers engaged in constructional w is a public domain book, originally published in…
The elements of draughts; or, Beginners' sure guide: containing a thorough and minute exposition of every principle separately explained: together with model games .. Author…
Checkers, The Handy Manual Author: P.H. Ketchum Year: 1923 Beginner's guide to checkers openings View on Archive.org
"Inside" checkers, an exhaustive analysis of selected games played between the best masters and amateurs, being a revelation in scientific play for beginners, amateurs…
Hoyle's games improved consisting of practical treatises on whist quadrille piquet chess back-gammon draughts cricket ... With an essay on game cocks; wherein are comprised…
Checkers; a treatise on the game Author: Cady, Alice Howard. [from old catalog] Year: 1896 57 p. 17 cm View on Archive.org