Checkers (disambiguation)

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Checkers (or chequers) may refer to:

• Checkers, the board game. The most popular variants of this group of board games are American checkers, also called English draughts, and international draughts.
• American checkers (English draughts).
• Chinese checkers (or chequers), another board game.
• Checkers speech given by former U.S. President Richard Nixon, or the American Cocker Spaniel after whom the speech was named
• Checkers, President Nixon's Dog, see Checkers speech
• Checkers (fast food), an American fast food restaurant chain
• Checkers (novel), a young-adult fiction novel by Australian author John Marsden
• Checkers tree (or chequers tree), another name for the wild service tree; also its edible berries
• Chequers is the official country-house residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Checkers (supermarket chain) is a supermarket chain in South Africa, owned by Shoprite
• The Checkers is a famous Japanese idol group of 80's.
• The Checkers (R&B) is a doowop/r&b band from the 60's.