bazkitcase5

So along the lines of the discussion going on about chess, I was curious as to what were people's opinion on checkers (also known as draughts in most countries)

Generally, chess, because it is harder to learn, is looked at as the more difficult game and checkers, because it is easy to learn, is for kids/old men. So what are your thoughts?

Of course, as one might guess from me starting this thread, there is much more to checkers than people tend to realize. Although easier to learn, it is this simplicity that makes it so difficult to master. For example, chess tends to be more broad, as in more pieces, do more things, which is harder to keep up with. Checkers, on the other hand, has less pieces, that do the same thing, which is easier to keep up with, but in turn, means you have to be very accurate to not make any mistakes. Because of this, in chess, the top players tend to look 10-11 moves ahead correctly. In checkers, the top players tend to look 20-30 moves ahead correctly. These #s being estimates of course.

I could seemingly talk strategy, both checkers and chess for seemingly forever, so I'll stop there while I give you all some time to get your thoughts straight and type a reply. So I'll leave you with a quote, which I think accurate describes both games:

"Chess is like looking across a limitless ocean; Checkers is like looking into a bottomless well"

- Marion Tinsley (considered the greatest checker player of all time)