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SPANISH CHECKERS

Spanish Checkers is very similar to Brazilian Checkers. It is played on the same board and same number of playing pieces, but if there are many sequences to capture, one has to capture the sequence that has the most pieces. If there are still more sequences, one has to capture the sequence that has the most Kings. Spanish Checkers is mainly played in some parts in South America and some of the Northern African countries.
Spanish Checkers Rules
Spanish checkers is played a standard checkerboard of 64 alternating dark and light squares by 2 players having 12 playing pieces of contrasting colors each. The board is positioned squarely between the players and turned so that a dark square is at each player's near right side. Each player places his playing pieces on the dark squares of the nearest three rows. The player with the lighter playing pieces makes the first move and then the players take turns, making one move at a time.
The object of the game is to prevent the opponent from being able to move when it is his turn to do so. This is accomplished either by capturing all of the opponent's checkers, or by blocking those that remain so that none of them can be moved. If neither player can accomplish this, the game is a draw.
Ordinary playing pieces (Men) can move only forward to an unoccupied square, one step at a time in a diagonal direction. Men capture by jumping over an opponent's playing piece diagonally adjacent to it, and land on an unoccupied square immediately beyond that captured piece. Men may capture by jumping forward only, and may continue capturing as long as they encounter opponent's playing pieces with unoccupied squares immediately beyond them. Men may never capture by jumping over playing pieces of the same color (belong to the same player).
A Man which reaches the far side of the board, whether by means of a capture or a move, becomes a King, and the move terminates – Unlike Russian Checkers the Man (Now King) cannot keep moving or capturing after being crowned. The opponent must then crown the new king by placing an ordinary playing piece of the same color atop it to mark it as King.
Kings move forward or backward any number of squares on a diagonal line to an unoccupied square. Kings capture from any distance along a diagonal line by jumping, forward or backward, over any opponent's playing piece with at least one unoccupied square immediately beyond it. The capturing King then lands on any one of these unoccupied squares beyond the captured piece and continues capturing as long as it is possible. Just like English Draughts, capturing is mandatory.
When there is more than one way to capture, a player have to choose a sequence of captures which results in the capture of the greatest possible number of opponent's playing pieces (Men and Kings each counting as one piece). All captured playing pieces must be removed from the board.