Draughts variants

Alquerque (also known as al-qirkat from ) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: checkers) and Fanorona and the diagonals of its grid are the predecessor of the checkering of the draughts board.

Board game draughts

Lasca (also called Laska or Laskers) is a draughts (or checkers) variant, invented by the second World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941). Lasca is derived from English draughts (American checkers) and the Russian draughts game bashni (Towers).

Variant of draughts played in the Mediterranean and Middle East

strategy board game

Cheskers is a variant of checkers and chess invented by Solomon Golomb in 1948.

Variant of draughts played in the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and Israel

Board game

Armenian variant of draughts

variation of checkers in Canada

board game

discipline of draughts

variant of checkers / draughts