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REVIEW
Checkers Champions on LG webOS is a clean board and not much else.
A straightforward draughts client built for the Magic Remote — fine for a quick game on the couch, thin once you start looking for depth.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 11, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
Checkers Champions is the kind of app the LG Content Store quietly does well — a small, free, single-purpose game from a developer who has built one thing and built it competently. The board fills the screen, the pieces are legible from a couch, the Magic Remote does what you’d expect, and a match takes about as long as it should. None of that is remarkable on its own, but on a smart-TV store that also surfaces a lot of barely-functional shovelware, basic competence reads as a win.
The app earns its install on what it doesn’t do. There’s no account, no sign-in flow, no upsell, no pre-roll. You open it, you play, you close it. For a casual living-room board game against an AI or a partner sitting next to you, that’s the right product shape.
It also earns its ceiling on the same logic. The AI tops out at moderate, there’s no replay or analysis, and there’s no online play of any kind. Treat this as a TV board game, not as a draughts platform — at that scope, it’s a reasonable free download for any LG webOS owner who wants checkers on the screen they already own.
Checkers Champions is exactly the casual TV draughts app it advertises and nothing past that edge.
FEATURES
Checkers Champions is a single-screen draughts game for LG webOS, playable solo against an AI or pass-and-play with a second person sharing the remote. The board is rendered large and high-contrast — readable from a sofa at typical TV distance — and the Magic Remote's pointer is the primary input, with directional-pad fallback for owners of older remotes.
Three difficulty tiers cover the spread from "child learning the rules" to "moderately tactical adult." There's no opening book on display, no analysis after a loss, no move-suggestion hint button — the AI plays, you play, the game ends. A simple win/loss tally persists per device.
Standard international rules: forced captures, kinging on the back rank, kings move and capture along diagonals in both directions. No variant toggles for American checkers (8x8 with non-flying kings) versus Polish/international (10x10) — it's the 8x8 American ruleset only.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The board reads cleanly on a 55-inch panel. Piece contrast holds up at viewing distance, the legal-move highlight is unambiguous, and Magic Remote pointing-and-clicking on the square you want is faster than nudging a cursor with a d-pad. For a free webOS app from a small developer, the polish on the basics is above average.
Load time is short, there are no account requirements, no sign-in walls, and no ads interrupting play between matches. For a casual after-dinner game with a partner, that frictionless start matters more than feature depth.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
The hardest difficulty falls short of even a moderate club player — anyone who's worked through a checkers primer will beat it consistently. There's no analysis mode, no annotated replay, no way to step backward through a finished game and see where the AI's move tree diverged. For a player who wants to actually improve at draughts, this app teaches nothing.
Online play is absent. Pass-and-play covers the in-living-room case, but there's no matchmaking, no async correspondence, no friend invite. A second human has to be physically present and willing to share the remote. The 8x8-only ruleset also leaves international-draughts players unserved.
CONCLUSION
Install this if you want a quick, clean checkers game on the LG TV for casual play with family or against a weak-to-moderate AI. Skip it if you're looking for a draughts tutor or any kind of online ladder — this is a board, three difficulties, and nothing else. The execution is honest; the ambition is small.