How the men move in Russian Checkers

The lesson in words

An ordinary piece is called a man. A man moves one square diagonally forward onto an empty dark square.

A man never steps backwards or sideways. (Capturing is different, as you’ll see next.)

Your man on d4 has two choices.

Try it: Tap every square this man can move to.

Your turn. Tap your man, then the square to move it to.

Try it: Move your man forward.

One step, diagonally, forwards. Next: capturing, where Russian rules start to differ.