Checkers and Draughts
- September 21, 2011
- Uwe Meier
14 different variants of Checkers/Draughts from all over the world in one game ! Checkers or Draughts, as it is known in Great Britain, has ancient roots. It is thought that the earliest form of checkers was a game discovered in an archeological dig at Ur in Iraq. Carbon dating makes it appear that this game was played around 3000 B.C. However, the game used a slightly different board, a differen…