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NAME

       checkers - game

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/games/checkers

DESCRIPTION

       Checkers uses standard notation for the board:

									  BLACK

						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |//// |    1 | //// |	  2 | //// |	3 | //// |    4 |
						 |//// |      | //// |	    | //// |	  | //// |	|
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |   5 | //// |    6 | //// |	 7 | //// |    8 | //// |
						 |     | //// |      | //// |	   | //// |	 | //// |
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |//// |    9 | //// |	 10 | //// |   11 | //// |   12 |
						 |//// |      | //// |	    | //// |	  | //// |	|
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |  13 | //// |   14 | //// |	15 | //// |   16 | //// |
						 |     | //// |      | //// |	   | //// |	 | //// |
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |//// |   17 | //// |	 18 | //// |   19 | //// |   20 |
						 |//// |      | //// |	    | //// |	  | //// |	|
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |  21 | //// |   22 | //// |	23 | //// |   24 | //// |
						 |     | //// |      | //// |	   | //// |	 | //// |
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |//// |   25 | //// |	 26 | //// |   27 | //// |   28 |
						 |//// |      | //// |	    | //// |	  | //// |	|
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 |  29 | //// |   30 | //// |	31 | //// |   32 | //// |
						 |     | //// |      | //// |	   | //// |	 | //// |
						 +-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
						 +-----+------+------+----WHITE----+------+------+------+

       Black plays first.  The program normally plays white.  To specify a move, name the square moved from and the square moved to.  For multiple
       jumps name all the squares touched.

       Certain commands may be given instead of moves:

       reverse	Reverse roles; the program takes over your pieces.

       backup	Undo the last move for each player.

       list	Print the record of the game.

       move	Let the program select a move for you.

       print	Print a map of the present position.

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