The original version of this program was idle for long time. So I decided to build it for windows and released this one. I also fixed some bugs and added some new features.
QCheckers (formely known as KCheckers) is a Qt-based checkers board game. It can play english draughts and russian draughts.
There is some additional information in the FAQ file.
Formely this program was living at
For storing the positions of games QCheckers uses the Portable Draughts Notation (PDN) database format. It is used by many other checkers programs, and is becoming the standard way to swap games.
PDN is based on the Portable Game Notation (PGN) standard which is widely used for Chess.
For details see http://www.chessandcheckers.com/pdn.htm
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PDN File: [Event "Game 1"]
[Black "Nemet,A"]
[White "Terens,B"]
[Date "11.05.2002"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameType "21"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "W:WK4,28:BK11,19."]
1. 4-8 11x4 2. 28-24 19x28 {black win...} 1-0
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Results: 1-0 White wins
0-1 Black wins
1/2-1/2 Drawn game
* Unfinished game
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Game Types: 0: Chess
1: Chinese chess
2-19: Future chess expansion
20: International draughts
21: English draughts
22: Italian draughts
23: American pool
24: Spanish draughts
25: Russian draughts
26: Brazilian draughts
27: Canadian draughts
28: Portugese draughts
29-49: Future draughts expansion
50: Othello
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FEN: If a game starts from a set-up position, a Forsyth-Edwards
Notation (FEN) header is given with the position.
W Turn
:W White pieces
K4 King on field 4
28 Man on field 28
:B Black pieces
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Rules: Board BackCapture MoveKing TakeMax
International 10x10 + >1 +
English 8x8 kings 1 -
Italian 8x8 kings 1 +
American pool 8x8 + >1 -
Spanish 8x8 kings >1 +
Russian 8x8 + >1 -
Brasilian 8x8 + >1 +
Canadian 12x12 + >1 +
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Qt library version 6.0 or higher is required.
The project can be built using the Qt Creator IDE. Just open root CMakeLists.txt file and click on "Configure" and "Build" buttons. I used qt 6.11 and cmake 3.26.1.
Just extract the files to a directory and run the qcheckers.exe file.