Polish lady

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The Polish lady ( English : Polish Checkers, Polish Drafts) is a twist on the classic checkers , mainly in France , Belgium , the Netherlands has spread and the French-speaking parts of Switzerland. Unlike the classic checkers game, it is played on a chess board with 100 fields, 10 × 10. She is also known as Queen 100 or International Queen.

history

The Polish lady (today also French lady) developed around 1730 and is said to have been invented in Paris by a French official of the royal court and his play partner, a Polish nobleman.

Style of play

Starting position for checkers on the 10 × 10 board

As with the classic checkers game, the Polish Checkers is a board game for two players who sit opposite each other on the game board. One player plays the white and the other the black pieces and the two players take turns making a move. In the starting line-up, the 20 pieces are placed on the black fields of the first to fourth rows on both sides of the game board.

The colors are drawn or chosen, the white player begins the game. Both players now alternately each move a stone, whereby the stones can be moved diagonally forward on the black fields. When a player reaches the baseline on the opposite side, his stone becomes a queen (in English speaking “king” = “king”). This may move any number of fields in any diagonal direction, including backwards.

As with the classic checkers, a piece can be captured if a piece can jump over it onto a free field behind it. There is a compulsion to hit, so a stone must be hit if this is possible. The queen can capture any of the opponent's individual stones that are far away if there is a free space behind them. All captured stones are removed from the playing field after the move.

As in the classic checkers game, the winner is the player who succeeds in capturing all of the opponent's stones or immobilizing them. It is also possible to win the game if the opponent only has one stone left.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Frederic V. Grunfeld (ed.), Eugen Oker (German revision): Games of the world I - history, play, do it yourself. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1985; Pp. 150-152. ISBN 3-596-23074-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Polish Checkers (Drafts) In: Brian Burns (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of Games. Brown Packaging Books, 1998; P. 158.

literature

  • Polish Checkers (Drafts) In: Brian Burns (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of Games. Brown Packaging Books, 1998; P. 158