The members of both teams, eight in all, take turns sliding their stones down the ice toward the target area. One point is awarded for each stone inside the target and closer than the opponents' stones to the bull's-eye. Players use complex strategies in this "chess on ice": They slide their stones in such a way as to knock the enemy stones out of the target and leave their own inside, or place their stones where they will be in the way of the other team's shots.