A question regarding rules for A king in checkers...?

Question

if your opponents peice is located on the edge (outside border) of the board- can you capture this piece with your king?

Or put another way, do kings need to have another space behind/across/etc. the peice they want to capture- or can they capture and land on the opponent's piece?

Answer 1

a piece on the edge is a safe piece.

Answer 2

jump over diagonally so its safe on the edge unless it has to take

Answer 3

No. you need the space afterwards that is why it is called a jump.  You must jump over the piece to take it.  The pieces on the edge of the board are safe.

Answer 4

The piece on the edge is perfectly safe from being taken.  That means the only way you can get at it is by forcing it away from the side in one of two ways: 1) trap all other checkers, making this the only possible move, or 2) sacrifice a checker in front of it; the opponent is required to take it, thus forcing them off the edge.

Answer 5

Jumping is the one and only way to capture your opponent's pieces in checkers.

Answer 6

I always thought you had to jump them, which means there has to an open space on the other side.