Checkers Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), is a group of Abstract strategy game, strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game ...

, or draughts, is a board game. Checkers or chequers may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Checkers'' (1913 film), a 1913 lost American silent film with Gertrude Shipman * ''Checkers'' (1919 film), a 1919 lost American melodrama silent film * ''Checkers'' (1937 film), a 1937 American drama film * ''Checkers'' (novel), a young-adult fiction novel by Australian author John Marsden *

The Checkers (American band) The Checkers were an American doo-wop quintet (later quartet) formed in 1952. The original members were John Carnegie (tenor/lead), Charlie White (tenor/lead), Irwin "Teddy" Williams (tenor), James Turner "Buddy" Brewer (baritone), and Bill Brow ...

, a doo-wop group of the 1950s *

The Checkers (Japanese band) The Checkers (Japanese: チェッカーズ) was a very popular Japanese band in the 1980s. They were a pop icon of their time as kids copied hair styles and fashion of the band members. The band was formed in Kurume-city, Fukuoka Pref. by Toru ...

, a Japanese idol group of the 1980s

Brands and enterprises

* Checkers (fast food), an American fast food restaurant chain *

Checkers (supermarket chain) Checkers is a South Africa, South African supermarket retailer owned by sister retailer and discount chain Shoprite (South Africa), Shoprite. Founded in 1956 by Norman Hertz Herber, the chain operates across Southern Africa. In September 2024, ...

, a supermarket chain in South Africa * Checkers Food Stores, a Channel Islands supermarket chain *

The Checkers (restaurant) The Checkers, is a restaurant with rooms in Montgomery, Powys, Wales. Historically, the building was used as a coaching inn dating from the 17th century. Until the 2000s, it was used as a pub/hotel. It was converted into a French restaurant in 20 ...

, in Powys, Wales

Ice hockey teams

Charlotte Checkers The Charlotte Checkers are a professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the top minor league affiliate of the ...

, American Hockey League team * Columbus Checkers, a former team *

Indianapolis Checkers The Indianapolis Checkers were a minor league professional ice hockey team from Indianapolis, Indiana. The Checkers' home arena was the Fairgrounds Coliseum from 1981 to 1985 and Market Square Arena from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1985 to 1987. T ...

, a defunct team * Oakland Checkers, part of the

California Hockey League The California Hockey League was a professional ice hockey league that existed from 1925 until 1933. Background The popularity of ice hockey in southern California grew rapidly between World War I and the Great Depression, as the region experie ...

from 1930 to 1933

Video games

* ''Checkers'' (1952 video game), an early video game developed by

Christopher Strachey Christopher S. Strachey (; 16 November 1916 – 18 May 1975) was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design and computer time-sharing.F. J. Corbató, et al., T ...

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Checkers speech The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by Senator Richard Nixon ( R- CA), six weeks before the 1952 United States presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had ...

, made by Richard Nixon in 1952, mentioning his dog named Checkers *

Chequers Chequers ( ) is the English country house, country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough in England, halfway betwee ...

, the country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom *

Chequers plan The Chequers plan, officially known as ''The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (Cm 9593)'', was a UK Government white paper concerning Brexit, published on 12July 2018 by the prime minister, Theresa May. The ...

, the informal name for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union * ''

Sorbus torminalis ''Torminalis'' is a genus of plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. The genus was formerly included within the genus ''Sorbus'' as the Section (biology), section ''Torminaria'', but the simple-leafed species traditionally classified in ''Sorbus'' ...

'' or Checkers tree, a tree species

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