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The King and How It Moves
When a man reaches the far side of the board it is immediately
“crowned” – promoted to a king. (To show this on a traditional
Checkers board, we place one man on top of another.) Kings can
move (and capture) backwards as well as forwards.
The symbols
and
represent the kings. If white is to move in
this diagram, his king may go to any of the four diagonally adjacent
squares. If it is black’s turn, he must begin by capturing a white man
– after which he has the choice of capturing the other white man or
the white king.
Note:
If a man lands on its crowning square by making a capture, it
may not capture another enemy piece as part of the same move.