Editing Checkers (section)

===No flying kings; men cannot capture backwards===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>''American straight checkers / English draughts family''</big>
!National variant
!Board size
!Pieces per side
!Double-corner or light square on player's near-right?
!First move
!Capture constraints
!Notes
|-
|[[English draughts|American checkers]]
| style="text-align:center;" |8×8
10×10
| style="text-align:center;" |12
15, 20
| {{Yes}}
| {{BLACK|Black}}
|Any sequence may be chosen, as long as all possible captures are made. 
|Also called "straight checkers" in the United States, or "English draughts" in the United Kingdom.
|-
|[[Italian draughts]]
| style="text-align:center;" |8×8
10×10
| style="text-align:center;" |12
15, 20
| {{No}}
| style="background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;" | White
|Men cannot jump kings. A sequence must capture the maximum possible number of pieces. If more than one sequence qualifies, the capture must be done with a king instead of a man. If more than one sequence qualifies, the one that captures a greater number of kings must be chosen. If there are still more sequences, the one that captures a king first must be chosen. 
|It is mainly played in Italy and some North African countries. Old French draughts is the same game without the obligation to jump kings with a king.
|-
|Gothic checkers (or ''Altdeutsches Damespiel'' or ''Altdeutsche Dame'')
| style="text-align:center;" |8×8
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| {{N/A}}
| style="background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;" | White
|Captures are mandatory. 
|All 64 squares are used, dark and light. Men move one cell diagonally forward and capture in any of the five cells directly forward, diagonally forward, or sideways, but not backward. Men promote on the last row. Kings may move and attack in any of the eight directions. There is also a variant with flying kings.
|}