Russian checkers - Shashki Android Game

Play checkers with AI or online players

Russian checkers, also known as Shashki, Шашки, Russian draughts, is very favourite logic game in Russia and in all former Soviet republics. Russian Сheckers is a challenging board game that can train your logic and strategic skills.

The application contains powerful algorithm of game and friendly classic interface. Сhallenge your strategic skills with this relaxing game. Now you can enjoy the game of checker anywhere you may be, directly from your smart phone.

Features:
* Online - ЕLO, online games statistics, leaderboards, achievements, chat
* One or Two player mode - test your skills against the computer or challenge a friend
* Ability to compose own game position
* Ability to save games and continue later
* Game openings
* Statistics
* Auto-save
* Attractive classic wooden interface
* Several different boards
* Undo move
* Advanced AI engine
* Sounds

Game rules:
* The game is played on a 8×8 board with alternating dark and light squares.
* Еach player starts with 12 pieces on the three rows closest to their own side. The row closest to each player is called the 'crownhead' or 'kings row'. The player with white pieces moves first.
* Men move forward diagonally to an adjacent unoccupied square.
* If a player's piece moves into the kings row on the opposing player's side of the board, that piece to be 'crowned', becoming a 'king' and gaining the ability to move back or forward and choose on which free square at this diagonal to stop.
* If a man becames king it can continue a capture, it jumps backwards as a king. The player can choose where to land after the capture.
* Сapturing is mandatory and cannot be passed up to make a non-jumping move. When there is more than one way for a player to capture, one may choose which sequence to make. Player must make all the captures in that chosen sequence. A captured piece is left on the board until all captures in a sequence have been made but cannot be jumped again (Turkish capturing rules).
* A player with no valid move remaining loses. This is the case if the player either has no pieces left or if a player's pieces are obstructed from making a legal move by the pieces of the opponent. A game is a draw if neither opponent has the possibility to win the game. The game is considered a draw when the same position repeats itself for the third time, with the same player having the move each time. If one player proposes a draw and his opponent accepts the offer. If a player has three kings in the game against a single enemy king and his 15th move cannot capture enemy king.
The game known as Russian Checkers

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