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.

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