By: Kyle Tierney And Alec Tzanabos Checkers By: Kyle Tierney And Alec Tzanabos

History Checker was traced back 3000 years ago in Ur Iraq It spread through out the world, Mainly in Egypt The game was played on a 5X5 board and payed with stones

supplies The game of checkers is played with an 8x8 board and played with red and black checkers. It can only be played with 2 players

Rules of the games The games is for any age above 3 The object of the game is to capture all the opponents checkers. Checkers can only move diagnally, and if a checker reaches opposite side of the board it is kinged and can move diagonally backwards and forwards. To capture and oppenent, a checker was jump over the oppenent’s checker. This game will usually last about 10-30 minutes

Related games This game is related to chess. They are both played on the same 8x8 board Since checkers was made first chess technically copied checkers board.

How has the Game Changed? The games has been changed over the years. Checkers used to be played with stones. It changed to being played with plastic and wood pieces. The game board has also been changed. The board used to be played with a 5X5 board. It changed to an 8X8 board.

Facts Checkers is one of the oldest games played There are tournaments for checkers It was played in France, but was called Dames

Bibliography http://www.indepthinfo.com/checkers/history.shtml http://ezinearticles.com/?Checkers---Facts-and-History&id=971775