I'm learning Chinese chess and it is harder than I thought. In Chinese chess you have 2 guards, 2 cannons, 5 pawns, 2 Elephants, 2 knights, 2 rooks, and 1 king.
The guards and king must stay in a box, king can not face another king directly. The guards move one space diagonal in the 3x3 box, while the king can only move the an adjacent space. Elephants/ministers move two space diagonally, no more no less, and cant cross the "river" or the center of the board
Yes. I do play Chinese Chess too.
The rule of each peace are as followed:
The King moves only one space at a time, either horizontally or vertically. Furthermore, the King must always stay within the palace, which is a square marked with an X.
The Guards (Advisor) move only one space at a time diagonally. Similar to the King, the guards must stay within the palace.
The Ministers (Elephants) move two spaces at a time diagonally (i.e. 2 spaces left/right and 2 spaces up/down in a move). They must stay within their own side of the river. If there is a piece midway between the original and final intended position of a minister, the minister is blocked and the move is not allowed.
The Rooks (Cars) move one or more spaces horizontally or vertically provided that all positions between the original and final positions are empty.
The Knights (Horses) move two spaces horizontally and one space vertically (or respectively 2 spaces vertically and one space horizontally). If there is a piece next to the horse in the horizontal (vertical) direction, the horse is blocked and the move is not allowed.
The Cannons move one or more spaces horizontally or vertically like a Rook. However, in a capture move, there must be exactly one non-empty space in between the original and final position. In a non-capture move, all spaces in between must be empty.
The Pawns (or Soldiers) move one space at a time. If a pawn does not cross the river yet, it can only move forward vertically. Once crossing the river, the pawn can also move horizontally.
Further more, the two Kings in the board must never be on the same file (vertical line) without any pieces in between them. A move that puts the two Kings in such a setting is illegal.
The Endgame condition are as below:
Checkmate: If one threatens to capture the opponent's King and the opponent has no way to resolve the threat, one wins, and
Stalemate: If one does not have any valid move, one loses(not a DRAW as per in Western Chess).
Thanks.
Oh yes, not forgotten, there is no such thing as perpectual check and perpectual chase (unstoppable/infinte) in Chinese Chess. The one who violates the rule loses.
A player is allow to check/chase 6 consecutive times using one piece, 12 times using 2 pieces, and 18 times using 3 pieces before considering the check/chase a perpetual check/chase.
That only happen in Chinese movies (Kungfu or Swordman sitcoms).
Loomis, I LIKE YOUR THINKING !! Why not put the king on one of the horses, and put that horse on a wooden board on top of the two elephants. One of the guards can ride the remaining horse if they want.
Or maybe a canon ontop of an elephant to get ultimate range, one-hit-kill Headshot !
Chinese chess??
...I've never played it. However, I am the proud player of shogi (Japanese chess). In shogi, you have one King (jade emperor) two gold generals, two silver generals, two knights, two lances, nine pawns, a rook and a bishop
It's probably wishful thinking, but it would be really cool if we could play these online too....
Interesting game!!!
ADK
Yeah, I went on a Chinese Chess website, but I leaved, and I forgot the link.
I'll find the website again.
Chess Warrior, where is the website?
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