Russian draughts is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel.
Russian draughts starting position
Position in game Bashni. There are three light towers and one dark.
Checkers, also known as draughts, is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".
Starting position for American checkers on an 8×8 checkerboard; Black (red) moves first.
Men in medieval clothing playing checkers
10x10 board, starting position in international draughts
8x8 board, starting position in Italian and Portuguese draughts