RUSSIAN SHASHKI. Shashki is played by two people, on
opposite sides of a playing board, alternating moves.
One player has blue pieces, and the other has red
pieces. Pieces move diagonally and pieces of the
opponent are captured by jumping over them. The
playable surface consists only of the dark squares. A
piece may only move into an unoccupied square.
Capturing is mandatory. A piece that is captured is
removed from the board. In all variants, the player
who has no pieces left or cannot move anymore has lost
the game.
Uncrowned pieces ("shashka") move one step diagonally
forwards and capture other pieces by making two steps
in the same direction, jumping over the opponent's
piece on the intermediate square. Shashka can jump
side to side. Multiple opposing pieces may be captured
in a single turn provided this is done by successive
jumps made by a single piece. Shashka may also capture
(diagonally) backwards. Notice that captured pieces
are removed from the board only after capturing is
finished.

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