The black men are placed on the squares 1 to 12, the white men on the squares 21 to 32.  The first move must invariably be made by the player of the black men.

32        31        30
+---------------------------------------+
|    |  o |    |  o |    |  o |    |  o | 29
|---------------------------------------|
28 |  o |    |  o |    |  o |    |  o |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    |  o |    |  o |    |  o |    |  o | 21
|---------------------------------------|
20 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 13
|---------------------------------------|
12 |  * |    |  * |    |  * |    |  * |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    |  * |    |  * |    |  * |    |  * | 5
|---------------------------------------|
4 |  * |    |  * |    |  * |    |  * |    |
+---------------------------------------+
3         2        1

Diagram85.

The move of the Checker men is a diagonal step forward, one square at a time.  If a hostile man is in his way and if the square beyond the hostile man is vacant, he must capture him by jumping over him on to the vacant square, and he must continue capturing from the square on which he lands as long as this is possible according to the above rule.  Captured men are removed from the board.

White

+-------------------------------

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|    | 32 |    | 31 |    | 30 |    | 29 |
|---------------------------------------|
| 28 |    | 27 |    | 26 |    | 25 |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    | 24 |    | 23 |    | 22 |    | 21 |
|---------------------------------------|
| 20 |    | 19 |    | 18 |    | 17 |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    | 16 |    | 15 |    | 14 |    | 13 |
|---------------------------------------|
| 12 |    | 11 |    | 10 |    |  9 |    |
|---------------------------------------|
|    | 8  |    | 7  |    | 6  |    | 5  |
|---------------------------------------|
| 4  |    | 3  |    |  2 |    | 1  |    |
+---------------------------------------+

Black

Diagram 86.

If a man reaches the opposite edge of the board he automatically becomes a King and must be “crowned” by the opponent, who must place another man on top of him.  A King may move and capture backward as well as forward.  A man, who reaches the “King row” in capturing, cannot, however, continue capturing on the same move with the newly made King.

The position of Diagram 87 may serve to illustrate the above rules.  White, on the move, plays 14-9.  Black must capture this man with the man on 5 who jumps on to 14.