How to win at Russian Checkers
You win at Russian Checkers by capturing all your opponent’s pieces or leaving them with no legal move. Learn both, and the draw rules. How Russian Checkers works · lesson 8 of 8.
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You win when your opponent can’t move. Usually that’s because you’ve captured all their pieces.
It also counts if every piece they have left is blocked.
Black has one man left.
Try it: Win the game.
Black’s last man is on h8. Its only move is to g7, where your man stands, and your man on f6 stops it capturing. Keep it that way.
Try it: Win by leaving Black with no move.
You know every rule of Russian Checkers. Test yourself in the rules check.
Questions
Which of these is a draw in Russian Checkers?
Both of those are draws (and players can always agree a draw too). BoardGameSite applies them automatically.
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