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Chinese Checkers

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Click one of your marbles to see legal moves.

Step into an adjacent empty hole, or hop over any marble (yours or theirs) into the empty hole on the far side. Hops can chain. First to fill the opposite triangle wins.

How to play Chinese Checkers online

Chinese Checkers is the classic hop-and-chain race played on a six-pointed star board. The goal: move all of your marbles out of your home triangle, across the board, and into the empty triangle directly opposite — before your opponents fill theirs. This free browser version plays against the computer with 2, 3, or 6 players and three difficulty levels. No downloads, no signup.

Chinese Checkers rules

You play the triangle pointing toward you, with ten marbles, and aim for the matching triangle on the far side of the star. On each turn you make one kind of move:

Chinese Checkers strategy — how to win

2-player, 3-player, and 6-player games

Pick your table from the Players menu. Two players is a direct race straight across the star. Three players uses the classic every-other-point layout. Six players fills all six points for a crowded, chaotic board where the center is fiercely contested — you against five computer opponents. Chinese Checkers is also known as Sternhalma, the star-board descendant of the older square-board game Halma.

Frequently asked

How do I play Chinese Checkers? Move your marbles across the star board to fill the opposite triangle. Each turn, step a marble to an adjacent hole or hop it over a neighbor — and keep hopping to chain jumps. First to fill the far triangle wins.

How many players can play? You play against the computer with 2, 3, or 6 players. You always control one corner; the computer plays the rest.

Is Chinese Checkers free? Yes — no signup, no downloads, no installs.

Does my record save? Yes — your wins, losses, and best streak are stored locally in your browser.

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