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Does it not?

It does, not sure what you're seeing. Maybe the second jump was in the reverse direction, and thus not legal?

It does. Don’t forget, only a king can go backwards.

But how many squares can they travel?

Only one, American checkers' kings are so uncool.

Was curious about this, so checked:

> In American checkers, men can jump only forwards; in international draughts and Russian draughts, men can jump both forwards and backwards. [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers

Moreover a king in Russian draughts can travel an arbitrary number of squares.

a King? in checkers? we call the game "Dame" (as in Dame Judy Dench) and the piece transforms into said Dame with "the usual" super powers. Which are different from the King's. Of course. :-)

It forces multi capture when available.