BrainKing - Game rules (Hawaiian Checkers)

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Statistics of won games
black	4774 (47.08 %)
white	5339 (52.65 %)
Draws	26 (0.25 %)

Short description of specific rules of Checkers variants

Game type	Board size	Number of pieces	Long moves of promoted piece	Pawns can jump backwards	*Quantity rule ()**	Quality rule ()**	Preference rule ()*	Special rules
Checkers	8x8	12
Anti Checkers	8x8	12
Czech Checkers	8x8	12	x				x
Corner Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	Pawns promote in corner squares only.
One Way Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	All pawns move and jump in the same direction.
Parachute Checkers	8x8	12	x				x	Parachutist does not have a jumping preference.
Gothic Checkers	8x8	16
Turkish Checkers	8x8	16	x		x
Alquerque	5x5	12		x				Pawns do not promote.
Hawaiian Checkers	8x8	32		x				Pawns do not promote and multiple jumps must be in the same direction.
International Checkers	10x10	20	x	x	x
Russian Checkers	8x8	12	x	x				If pawn jumps to last row, it promotes and continues jumping immediately.
Canadian Checkers	12x12	30	x	x	x
Thai Checkers	8x8	8	x					Queen must jump to the first square after jumped piece.
Brazilian Checkers	8x8	12	x	x	x
Portuguese Checkers	8x8	12	x		x	x
Italian Checkers	8x8	12			x	x		More complicated quality jumping rules.
Dameo	8x8	18	x	x	x			Pawns can make linear moves and all pieces can jump only orthogonally.

(*) It is mandatory to capture as many pieces (as one multi-jump) as possible.
(**) It is mandatory to capture the maximum possible amount of promoted pieces.
(***) It is mandatory to capture with a promoted piece if possible.

Hawaiian Checkers

Konane, or Hawaiian Checkers, is a simple strategy game which combines rules of Checkers and Froglet.

Start position and game object

Konane is played on a standard 64 square chess board. Each player has 32 pieces and the game starts with a full board - white pieces on black squares and black pieces on white squares:

The object of this game is to reach a position where your opponent cannot make a legal move.

Movement of pieces

Black player starts the game. The first move is special because each player removes one piece from the board. There are special rules to choose the piece to remove:

Black player must remove a piece which is located on the longest diagonal (A8 to H1). Furthermore, he has to choose either a corner piece (A8 or H1) or a central one (D5 or E4).
White player follows by removing a piece which is orthogonally adjacent to the empty square. For example, if black removes the D5 piece, white must remove one of the following ones - C5, E5, D4, D6.

When the first move is done, all other moves are the jump ones - a player must jump over opponent's piece and remove it from the board. All jumps are horizontal or vertical only, diagonal jumps are not allowed. See the next picture:

If, after jumping, it is possible to jump over another opponent's piece, the player can capture this piece too. It means that the player can capture several pieces in one move. Unlike in Checkers, the multiple captures are not mandatory, a player can choose to submit the move even if it is possible to jump over the next piece.
There is also one important rule - a multiple jump must be done in a horizontal or vertical line, it is not allowed to change the direction while jumping. The following picture shows the black piece capture two white pieces:

Please note that black player cannot extend the multiple jump by capturing the C7 piece as well because it would break the vertical line of this move. He can, however, capture this piece at the next move.

How to finish the game

The game is finished when one player cannot make a legal move. This player loses the game.
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See also: Checkers, Anti Checkers, Czech Checkers, Corner Checkers, One Way Checkers, Parachute Checkers, Gothic Checkers, Turkish Checkers, Alquerque, Hawaiian Checkers, International Checkers, Russian Checkers, Canadian Checkers, Thai Checkers, Brazilian Checkers, Portuguese Checkers, Italian Checkers, Dameo