He huinahā ka papa pāʻani, me kanaonokūmāhā mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o ka mākia 8x8. ʻO nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi he māmā a ʻeleʻele hoʻi ka waihoʻoluʻu ('ōmaʻomaʻo a me ka buff i nā hoʻokūkū), ma ke ʻano "checker-board" kaulana. Hoʻokani ʻia ka pāʻani checkers ma nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele (ʻeleʻele a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha). He ʻāpana ʻeleʻele ko kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani ma kona ʻaoʻao hema a he ʻāpana māmā ma kona ʻaoʻao ʻākau. ʻO ke kihi ʻelua ka lua o nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele ma ke kihi ʻākau kokoke.

ʻO nā ʻāpana he ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo ma ka hapa nui o nā puke. Ma kekahi mau puke hou, ua kapa ʻia lākou he ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo. He mau kala ʻē aʻe paha nā ʻāpana i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai. Ua kapa ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele a me ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele (a i ʻole ʻulaʻula) a me ke keʻokeʻo, i hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu i nā puke. ʻO ke ʻano o nā ʻāpana he cylindrical, ʻoi aku ka laulā ma mua o ko lākou kiʻekiʻe (e nānā i ke kiʻikuhi). He laumania nā ʻāpana hoʻokūkū, ʻaʻohe hoʻolālā (nā lei a i ʻole nā pōʻai concentric) ma luna o lākou. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻāpana ma nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele o ka papa.

ʻO ke kūlana hoʻomaka me kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani he ʻumikūmālua ʻāpana, ma nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele ʻumikūmālua kokoke loa i kona lihi o ka papa. E hoʻomaopopo i nā kiʻi kikoʻī, kau ʻia nā ʻāpana ma nā ʻāpana kala māmā, no ka heluhelu ʻana. Ma ka papa maoli aia lākou ma nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele.

Neʻe: Hiki i kahi ʻāpana ʻaʻole ke aliʻi ke hoʻoneʻe i hoʻokahi huinahā, diagonal, i mua, e like me ke kiʻi ma ka ʻākau. Hiki i ke aliʻi ke hoʻoneʻe i hoʻokahi huinahā ma ka diagonal, i mua a i hope paha. Hiki i kahi ʻāpana ('āpana a i ʻole ke aliʻi) ke neʻe i kahi ʻāpana hakahaka. Hiki i ka neʻe ke komo i hoʻokahi lele a ʻoi aku paha (ma ka paukū aʻe).

Lele: Hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana o ka hoa paio ('āpana a mō'ī paha) ma ka lele ʻana ma luna o ia mea, ma ka diagonal, i ka ʻāpana hakahaka e pili ana ma waho. Pono e laina ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻekolu (e pili ana i ka diagonal) e like me ke kiʻikuhi ma ka hema: kāu ʻāpana lele ('āpana a i ʻole mōʻī), ka ʻāpana o ka hoa paio ('āpana a i ʻole ke aliʻi), ka ʻāpana hakahaka. Hiki i ke ali'i ke lele ma ka diagonal, i mua a i hope paha. ʻO kahi ʻāpana ʻaʻole ia he mōʻī, hiki ke lele i mua i ka diagonal. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lele nui (e ʻike i ke kiʻikuhi ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau), me ka ʻāpana hoʻokahi wale nō, ma ka lele ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa i ka ʻaoʻao hakahaka. I ka lele lehulehu, hiki i ka ʻāpana lele a i ʻole ke mōʻī ke hoʻololi i nā kuhikuhi, e lele mua ma kahi ʻaoʻao a laila ma kahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i hoʻokahi ʻāpana me kekahi lele i hāʻawi ʻia, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i kekahi mau ʻāpana me ka neʻe ʻana o kekahi mau lele. Wehe ʻoe i nā ʻāpana lele mai ka papa. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i kāu ʻāpana ponoʻī. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i ka ʻāpana like ʻelua, i ka neʻe like. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke lele, pono ʻoe. A, pono e hoʻopau ʻia kahi lele lehulehu; ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻōki i ka hapa ʻaoʻao ma o ka lele lehulehu. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi koho o nā lele, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i waena o lākou, me ka nānā ʻole i ka nui o kekahi o lākou, a i ʻole. ʻO kahi ʻāpana, inā he mōʻī a ʻaʻole paha, hiki ke lele i ke aliʻi.