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Alquerque
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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.

Key facts

Game.title
Alquerque
Game.italic title
no
Game.image_link
240px
Game.image_caption
Alquerque starting position
Game.players
2
Game.setup_time
~1 minute
Game.random_chance
None
Game.skills
Strategy, tactics
Game.AKA
Qirkat

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Rules
  • Additional rules
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

==History== thumb|left|An illustration of the game in Libro de los juegos ('book of games')

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alquerque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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