<p>As was indicated by @JaysonSmith, a king can always be jumped by another king. This holds for any variant of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughts" rel="nofollow"><strong>draughts/checkers</strong></a>.</p>

<p>The privileges that a king obtains differ by variant, however.</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>backward movement</strong>: in all variants, kings can move backward, but men cannot.</li>
<li><strong>backward capture</strong>: in all variants, kings can jump backward, but men cannot for American/English checkers/draughts, Italian, Spanish, Czech and Thai draughts.</li>
<li><strong>long range movement and capture</strong>: a king can move and capture long ranged (like a bishop in chess) for International, Frisian, Russian, Spanish, Czech and Thai draughts, as well as for Pool checkers, whereas men are short ranged in all variants.</li>
<li><strong>invulnerable being captured by men</strong>: a king cannot be jumped by men in Italian draughts.</li>
</ul>

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Great answer, TemplateRex! You even covered the rules of Dominican Checkers that I used to play, called Taperos.
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<p>Yes, a kinged-piece can certainly jump another kinged-piece. In fact, having a kinged-piece does NOT make it invulnerable to being 'jump'. This means that even a NON-kinged-piece can jump a kinged-piece. The only advantage to kinging a piece is that it is able to move both Forward and Backward. A non-kinged-piece can be severely limited in jumping due to this rule. Thus, if a non-kinged piece were in position to jump three opponent's pieces in a row, but the second jump required the non-kinged piece to jump backwards, the non-kinged piece would have to resort to only jumping the first opponent's piece.</p>

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Jayson Smith
<p>Can a kinged piece jump another king piece?</p>

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If a kinged piece could not be jumped, how would the game end?
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Can a kinged piece jump another king?
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# Can a kinged piece jump another king?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-27)

Can a kinged piece jump another king piece?

**Tags:** checkers

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If a kinged piece could not be jumped, how would the game end?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-12-28. Score: 6

As was indicated by @username_3, a king can always be jumped by another king. This holds for any variant of [**draughts/checkers**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughts).

The privileges that a king obtains differ by variant, however.

* **backward movement**: in all variants, kings can move backward, but men cannot.
* **backward capture**: in all variants, kings can jump backward, but men cannot for American/English checkers/draughts, Italian, Spanish, Czech and Thai draughts.
* **long range movement and capture**: a king can move and capture long ranged (like a bishop in chess) for International, Frisian, Russian, Spanish, Czech and Thai draughts, as well as for Pool checkers, whereas men are short ranged in all variants.
* **invulnerable being captured by men**: a king cannot be jumped by men in Italian draughts.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Great answer, username_2! You even covered the rules of Dominican Checkers that I used to play, called Taperos.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-12-28. Score: 3

Yes, a kinged-piece can certainly jump another kinged-piece. In fact, having a kinged-piece does NOT make it invulnerable to being 'jump'. This means that even a NON-kinged-piece can jump a kinged-piece. The only advantage to kinging a piece is that it is able to move both Forward and Backward. A non-kinged-piece can be severely limited in jumping due to this rule. Thus, if a non-kinged piece were in position to jump three opponent's pieces in a row, but the second jump required the non-kinged piece to jump backwards, the non-kinged piece would have to resort to only jumping the first opponent's piece.


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