There are competitions in five games — bridge, checkers (draughts), chess, Chinese chess (xiang qi) and go — with generous cash prizes.
Abstract Strategy Games: Chess, Checkers, Go, Tak, Chinese Checkers, and Mahjong.
At the end of the ceremony, Johnson challenged his old rival to a game of checkers, even a game of HORSE.
A box of six games -- checkers, chess, backgammon, cribbage, dominoes and cards -- is easily toted from bedroom to beach; $49.95 at Crate & Barrel, (800) 967-6696 or www.crateandbarrel.com.
Gamers can also participate in multiplayer games like checkers and Tetris over the Sprint PCS network.
And in the evening, Mrs. Richards said, "We play cards, games, Chinese checkers.
Cots and a special buffet were provided, along with playing cards and games of checkers.
Charles Illyius, assistant yardmaster of the Pennsylvania Station, and Martin Brennan, baggage master of the Knickerbocker Limited often play heated games of checkers.
This is the decade when Charles (Teenie) Harris from Pittsburgh documented street games of checkers, marbles and baseball.
There may also be walking paths and places for interaction between older and younger people, such as seating and picnic tables painted with tabletop games (like checkers).
In some regards, my childhood was nothing more than a rota of increasingly complex board games, from checkers to Stratego, Space Colony, Risk, and, finally, Diplomacy.
