Thursday 27 Nov 2003

Worst. Checkers. Game. Ever.

I never played checkers all that much so this may be common, but I just played a game with my daughter Julie that ended in a draw with no pieces taken by either side and with both sides, at the end of play, unable to move.

Ahhhh… according to the American Checker Federation:

QUESTION: What if I cannot move because my pieces are all confined?
ANSWER: If you cannot move because it’s impossible, the game is lost. The object of the game is to capture “OR CONFINE” all your opponents pieces so they cannot move.

As I took the last move, I suppose that technically makes me the winner. (Though, one could make the point that we are now both confined, but that seems like a question for a Philosopher of Checkers.)

I think I’ll just leave it at a “draw”.

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