<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Chinese checkers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Chinese checkers sets</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>halma</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>board games</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>checkers, Chinese</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Game for from two to six players, derived from Halma, which is a checkers-type board game invented about 1880. In Chinese checkers, players attempt to move a number of pieces, usually 10 or 15 marbles, on a board in the shape of a six-pointed star that has holes instead of squares. It was introduced in the United States in the 1930s. ]]></note></mads>