Need a quick form of entertainment this summer? Why not pull out a checkerboard while you're bored? The beloved 8x8 board is home to both checkers and chess and is a staple in many living rooms, parks ...

Vidor’s Watson Franks, a Texas state checkers champion, remembers the time he almost beat checkers master and current world champion Alex Moiseyev at a national tournament. “I got two draws, but ...

Injuries and illness had shrunk the number of available players as the game moved on, Charlotte Checkers’ coach Mike Vellucci said. The heat – 95 degrees outside Bojangles’ Coliseum and the indoor ...