checkers

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checkers

Summary

checkers is an individual sport[1]. checkers draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (individual_sport category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • checkers's instance of is recorded as individual sport[3].
  • checkers's instance of is recorded as game-based sport[4].
  • checkers's instance of is recorded as board game[5].
  • checkers's instance of is recorded as hobby[6].
  • checkers's based on is recorded as Alquerque[7].
  • checkers is a type of mind sport[8].
  • checkers is a type of abstract strategy game[9].
  • checkers's Commons category is recorded as Draughts[10].
  • checkers's Commons category is recorded as Category:Draughts[11].
  • checkers took place on 3000 BC[12].
  • checkers's authority is recorded as World Draughts Federation[13].
  • checkers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Draughts[14].
  • checkers involved {'amount': '+2'} participants[15].
  • checkers's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Draughts[16].
  • checkers's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Games[17].
  • checkers's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.fmjd.org/?p=calend[18].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • checkers's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • checkers's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[26].
  • checkers's different from is recorded as Dama[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include individual sport[3], game-based sport[4], board game[5], and hobby[6]. Recorded subclass of include mind sport[8] and abstract strategy game[9].

Why It Matters

checkers draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (individual_sport category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] checkers has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] checkers is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . books.google.com.br. books.google.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → -3000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P585]]: 3000 BCE, move qualifier [[Property:P854]] to reference"
  2. 2d ago · Elilopes · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ang', 'ar', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bo', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P585]]: 3. millennium"
  3. 12d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Draughts, Category:Draughts
    Authority → World Draughts Federation
    Game mechanics → turn-based strategy video game
    Minimum age → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+6'}
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q8389671]], дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  4. 15d ago · Elilopes · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → -3000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Number of participants → {'amount': '+2'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1132]]: 2"
  5. 15d ago · Elilopes · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Alquerque
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P144]]: [[Q519071]]"
  6. 19d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Checkers (Board Game)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8419]]: Checkers (Board Game), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/233237813|Checkers (Board Game) (#233237813)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7"
  7. 5w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → saskes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: saskes"
  8. 6w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → draughts player, Q141113441
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3095]]: [[Q141113441]]"
  9. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → K-10S
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297088, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  10. 12w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 250036
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10291]]: 250036, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296179533|Checkers (#296179533)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mix'n'm"
  11. 13w ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14579 → 18283
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14579]]: 18283, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782979813528"
  12. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → checkers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: checkers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922958|checkers (#289922958)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  13. 15w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chess programming wiki id → Checkers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11768]]: Checkers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293503818|Checkers (#293503818)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8017|Chess Programming Wik"
  14. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005041-dama
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005041-dama, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  15. 19w ago · Bluemask · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Dama, Dame, Dam +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q912336]]"
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