Editing Alquerque (section)

{{Short description|Board game}}
{{distinguish|Albuquerque, New Mexico{{!}}Albuquerque}}
{{Infobox game
 |title         = Alquerque
 |italic title  = no
 |image_link    = [[Image:Alquerque board at starting position 2.svg|240px]]
 |image_caption = Alquerque starting position
 |years         = 
 |genre         = {{ubl|[[Board game]]|[[Abstract strategy game]]}}
 |players       = 2
 |ages          =  
 |setup_time    = ~1 minute
 |playing_time  = 
 |random_chance = None
 |skills        = [[Strategy game|Strategy]], tactics
 |AKA           = Qirkat  
 |footnotes     = 
}}

'''Alquerque''' (also known as '''al-qirkat''' from {{langx|ar|القرقات}}) is a [[Abstract strategy game|strategy]] [[board game]] that is thought to have originated in the [[Middle East]]. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: [[checkers]]) and [[Fanorona]] and the diagonals of its grid are the predecessor of the checkering of the draughts board.{{fact|date=August 2020}}