three-move restriction

checkers
Also known as: American restriction

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tournament rules

  • Checkerboard, or draughtboard, set for play.
    In checkers

    The three-move, or American, restriction is an extension of the two-move to black’s second move, with about 300 prescribed openings. Eleven-man ballot is a less popular method, in which one piece is removed by lot from each side before the start of a game. The original…

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