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board's star shape (in contrast to the square board used in Halma).

The name "Chinese checkers" originated in the United States as a marketing scheme by Bill and Jack Pressman in 1928. The Pressman company's game was originally called "Hop Ching checkers".

The game is known as in Chinese. In Japan, the game has a variation called with slightly different rules.

Rules

Each player has 10 pieces, which are usually pegs or marbles. (In games between two players,

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