# Instructions for checkers ![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/r16ctEk_3.png) - black pieces can only move diagonally upwards by one square - white pieces can only move diagonally downwards by one square - if an opponent's piece is diagonally next to your piece and the next square is empty, you can jump over your opponent's piece removing it from the game - if you have an option to jump over your opponent's piece, you must do it - you cannot jump over your own pieces - if your piece goes up/down all the way to the edge of the beard, it gets promoted from a pawn to a king; the king can move diagonally in any direction as many squares as it likes; the king can jump over one opponent's piece at a time, and after doing so it lands on the square right after the opponent's piece - the game ends when one player doesn't have any pieces, in which case they lose the game