Where did checkers come from?
It is totally amazing how long Checkers or Draughts has been around! I always liked the game, although I was not very good. It was a challenging and enjoyable game and still is after all these years! History of Checkers or Draughts Checkers or Draughts, as it is known in Great Britain, has ancient roots. It is thought that the earliest form of checkers was a game discovered in an archeological dig at Ur in Iraq. Carbon dating makes it appear that this game was played around 3000 B.C. However, the game used a slightly different board, a different number of pieces and no one is quite certain of the exact rules. In Ancient Egypt a game called Alquerque, which had a 5X5 board was a common and much played game. Historians have traced it as far back as 1400 B.C. It was a game of such popularity that it was played all over the western world for thousands of years. Around 1100 a Frenchman got the idea of pl
