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Sternhalma, commonly known as Chinese checkers （US and Canadian spelling） or Chinese chequers （UK spelling）, is a strategy board game of German origin which can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners.
The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.
The objective is to be first to race all of one's pieces across the hexagram-shaped board into "home"—the corner of the star opposite one's starting corner—using single-step moves or moves that jump over other pieces.
The remaining players continue the game to establish second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-, and last-place finishers.
The rules are simple, so even young children can play.
Boys playing Hop Ching Checkers, Montreal, 1942 The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game Halma.
The "Stern" （German for star） refers to the board's star shape （in contrast to the square board used in Halma）.
The name "Chinese checkers" originated in the United States as a marketing scheme by Bill and Jack Pressman in 1928.
The Pressman company's game was originally called "Hop Ching Checkers".
The game is neither a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China or any part of Asia.
The game is known as Tiaoqi （Chinese: 跳棋, "jump chess"） in Chinese.
In Japan, the game has a variation called "Diamond Game" （ダイヤモンドゲーム） with slightly different rules.
A single move can consist of multiple hops; each piece hopped must be directly adjacent, and hops can be in any direction.
The aim is to race all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board before the opponents do the same.
The destination corner is called home.
Each player has 10 pieces, except in games between two players when 15 pieces are used.
（On bigger star boards, 15 ...