About Checkers

Play Checkers free in your browser. A friendly computer opponent. No download or sign-up required.

How to play Checkers

  1. You play the red pieces. Move diagonally forward on dark squares. Your pieces start at the bottom and move toward the top. The computer plays green.
  2. Captures are required. Jump over an adjacent opponent into an empty square. If any capture is available, you must take one. Continue jumping with that same piece when another capture is possible.
  3. Reach the other side. A piece reaching the last row becomes a king and its turn ends. Kings move and capture diagonally in either direction; ordinary pieces only move forward.
  4. Win the board. Win by taking every opposing piece or leaving the computer no legal move. After 80 turns without a capture or promotion, the game is a draw. Undo also reverses the computer’s reply.

Players and saved progress

Play against the computer. You control the red pieces. Progress is saved in this browser on this device. It does not sync to other devices.

Use the Comfort button for larger card faces, contrast, sounds, timer visibility, and reduced interface motion. Arcade movement remains active.

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Make yourself comfortable.

A few small adjustments, just for you.

Remembered across all games on this device.

A familiar game, a quick refresher.

  1. Build the four foundations. Place aces in the top-right spaces, then build up to kings in the same suit.
  2. Alternate colors on the table. Place a red 6 on a black 7, for example. You can move an entire face-up sequence.
  3. Make room for kings. Only a king, or a sequence starting with one, can move to an empty column.
  4. Turn over a new card. Click the face-down deck. When it runs out, click again to recycle. You can go through it as often as you like.

Keyboard: Tab to a card and press Enter to select it. Tab to the destination and press Enter again. Escape clears your selection. You can also drag cards.

Deals are random; some cannot be won. Hints suggest legal moves, not a guaranteed solution.

A fresh start?

This will replace your current game and undo history.

Beautifully played.

Enjoy that little moment. You earned it.