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| | Straight Checkers |
 | | Straight checkers, also known as English draughts, is played on the dark squares only of a standard checkerboard of 64 alternating dark and light squares, (eight rows, eight files) by two opponents having 12 checkers each of contrasting colors, nominally referred to as black andwhite. |
| | The Chinook Checker Program at the University of Alberta in Canada is generally considered to be the world's strongest computer program for straight checkers, a.k.a. |
| | The player with the darker checkers makes the first move of the game, andthe players take turns thereafter, making one move at a time. |
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