by which you will see that Black’s moves are all forced, and White wins the game.
Draughts is played in three ways: the Winning (and most usual) game, the Losing, and the Polish game. The last, not much practised in this country, is played on a larger board, and the men take backwards or forwards.
THE RULES.
Draughts, as played in Great Britain and in all English-speaking countries, is governed by a few simple and easily-understood Rules, as follows:—
1. The board is to be placed with the double corner to the right hand of the player.
2. The choice of colour is determined by lot. After the first game the men are commonly changed.
3. Black has invariably the first move.
4. A man touched, except for the purpose of adjusting it, must be moved if there be an open square into which it can be moved.
5. A man moved over the angle of a square must, if it can, be moved to that square.
6. A man en prise must be taken; or if it be left untaken by accident, it may be ‘huffed’—that is, taken off the board by the adversary. The ‘huff’ is not a move, but the player insisting on it, huffs and moves.