Thai draughts (Mak-hot)
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8×8 board, each player has 8 men on the dark squares of the two nearest rows. White moves first.
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A man moves one square diagonally forward and captures forward only.
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A man reaching the last row becomes a king. If this happens during a capture, the move ends there.
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A king moves diagonally any distance. It also captures from a distance, but must land on the square directly behind the captured piece and continue capturing from there. It may not turn back along the same line during a capture.
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A captured piece is removed at once, so its square can be crossed later in the same move.
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Capturing is mandatory and a capture must be carried through to the end. You may choose any capture; there is no majority rule.
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A missed capture does not cost a piece: the server simply will not accept such a move.
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A player with no legal move loses. Draw: threefold repetition; 20 moves each with kings only and no capture; a king against a king when the player to move cannot capture.
Source: MindSports, “Thai checkers” (Mak-hot). The 20-move draw is a VOG rule: the source gives no move count.