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How many checkers pieces

Checkers***60 pieces.

Chinese Checkers, also known as "Chinese Chess Checkers", is a traditional board game originated from China. Its rules are simple and easy to understand, and it is a very interesting intellectual game for people of all ages. The board of Chinese checkers is a square, consisting of 15 rows and 15 columns***225 squares. There is a dividing line in the center of the board, which divides the board into two symmetrical sections. Each section has 11 rows and 11 columns***121 squares.

The Chinese checkers pieces *** have 6 colors, red, black, blue, green, orange and purple. There are 10 pieces of each color, *** counting 60 pieces. Among them, there are 10 pieces of each color of red and black for both sides to fight against each other, and 5 pieces of each color of blue, green, orange and purple for assisting jumping.

Checkers game rules:

1. Order of play: Both sides take turns to play, the first hand side for red pieces, the second hand side for black pieces.

2. Moves: you can only move one piece at a time, you can jump forward, backward, left, right, but not diagonally. Each time you jump, you must jump over an opponent's piece. If you can't jump over an opponent's piece, you can't jump.

3. Eating rules: When a piece jumps to the position of the opponent's piece, it can eat the opponent's piece. After eating a piece, the eaten piece needs to be removed from the board and cannot be used again.

4. Victory condition: When all the red pieces of one side are eaten or cannot make a jump, the other side wins.