The game was given a Chinese name and theme in keeping with the current interest in all things oriental (among them the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922 and the 'mah jongg' game that was introduced in 1923) The middle of the playing board is a hexagon, and each side of the hexagon has five holes. Each triangle is a different color and has ten holes (four holes to each side). The brothers Bill and Jack Pressman made up the name 'Chinese Checkers' during or shortly after 1928. The Chinese checkers game consists of: A playing board - The board has a six-pointed star. This was exact the same game as the 1892 Star-Halma. Chinese checkers - The Hindu Home Sci-Tech Technology Can China’s Micron ban benefit Samsung and SK Hynix Premium Closing the door on Micron could open a window of opportunity for Samsung and SK. The first Chinese Checkers game to be published in the United States was 'Hop Ching Checkers' in 1928 by J. The only thing that I could find was a history of the game on Pla圜, which despite sounding authoritative is written by an anonymous author who doesn't back its claims (not to mention has a website that looks like a GeoCities page from the 90s) and so the following passage should be taken worth a grain of salt: But there doesn't seem to be any solid information about why the name "Chinese Checkers" became associated with the game. Challenge your mind and try various strategies as you battle with the computer in this traditional board game Your target is to move all your marbles to. The game itself was first released in 1892 in Germany as "Stern-Halma" (literally "Star-Halma"), indicating that it was a variation of Halma that was played on a star-shaped board. There seems to be surprisingly little information about the origin of the name "Chinese Checkers".
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