Checkers, Not Checkmate

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published August 24, 2017 at 12:52 PM CDT

While checkers might not be chess, it is a game of strategy with levels of skill. This weekend the Arkansas state champion will be crowned in Fort Smith.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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