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So I'm teaching my son chess. We play a couple games and my wife wants to play a game of checkers. So we play, she gets a king, and tries some funny shit. She jumps all the way across the board to take one of my dudes. I'm like wtf is that? So she thinks I don't even know how to play since I don't know about that. 
So we make a bet, she brings a YT vid up and sure enough she is right!
Come to find out, checkers, unlike chess, have national rules only. In some countries, you can even move a king sideways and forward like you can a rook in chess. Also, instead of moving a king one space, or jumping a piece immediate next to you, you can jump a piece even 5 squares away. That's the way she was taught in Asia. I told her we're in America now babe so I just kicked yo ass American rules. 
Anybody else know of these varying rules around the globe?
I'm feeling old now - 2 games with Jr, explaining the game, castling, En Passant, blah blah, and 2 games of checkers with the wife and I hve a headache. In my 20's I used to take guys money playing chess all day. First time I've played either in prolly 20 years.
So we make a bet, she brings a YT vid up and sure enough she is right!
Come to find out, checkers, unlike chess, have national rules only. In some countries, you can even move a king sideways and forward like you can a rook in chess. Also, instead of moving a king one space, or jumping a piece immediate next to you, you can jump a piece even 5 squares away. That's the way she was taught in Asia. I told her we're in America now babe so I just kicked yo ass American rules. Anybody else know of these varying rules around the globe?I'm feeling old now - 2 games with Jr, explaining the game, castling, En Passant, blah blah, and 2 games of checkers with the wife and I hve a headache. In my 20's I used to take guys money playing chess all day. First time I've played either in prolly 20 years.
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