Bashni

• Board
• Objective
• Play

The Bashni is played on a common 8x8 checkerboard.

The initial position of dark and light checkers is shown on the following picture:

The Bashni game has almost the same rules as Russian Checkers with the following differences:

• When a single checker (or a king) is captured it's not removed from the board but is placed below the capturing checker (or a king) forming a stack. If several checkers (or kings) are captured during the same move then they sequently placed below the capturing checker:

Before the capture		After the capture

• Any stack is controlled by a player who owns the topmost checker (or a king).
• A stack moves or captures other checkers or stacks according to the rules of Russian Checkers applying to the topmost checker (or a king).
• When a stack or a single piece captures an opponent's stack, just the topmost piece is taken from that stack and placed below the capturing stack or a piece. The next checker or a king in the stack (beneath the captured topmost one) is considered to be "released" and can be used by its owner on the next move:

Before the capture		After the capture The topmost white checker was taken from a stack. The black checker beneath it was released.

• An ordinary checker at the top of some stack can be promoted to a king exactly the same way as in Russian Checkers.