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- CHINESE CHESS - MOVES AND RULES
-
- All terms and names used herein are mine and will probably not match
- those used by others and in published books.
-
- THE BOARD LAYOUT:
-
- R--N--B--G--K--G--B--N--R R - ROOK
- | | | |\ | /| | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ N - KNIGHT
- | | | |/ | \| | | |
- +--C--+--+--+--+--+--C--+ B - BISHOP
- | | | | | | | | |
- P--+--P--+--P--+--P--+--P G - GUARD
- | | | | | | | | |
- +-----------------------+ K - KING
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+ C - CANNON
- | | | | | | | | |
- P--+--P--+--P--+--P--+--P P - PAWN
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--C--+--+--+--+--+--C--+ +--+--+ This area on
- | | | |\ | /| | | | |\ | /| the board will
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+ be referred to
- | | | |/ | \| | | | |/ | \| as the KING's
- R--N--B--G--K--G--B--N--R +--+--+ COURT.
-
- MOVES:
-
- (KING) - MOVE 1 LEFT, RIGHT, FORWARD, OR BACKWARD, CANNOT
- MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE KING'S COURT.
-
- (GUARD) - MOVE 1 HORIZONTALLY WITHIN KING'S COURT ONLY.
-
- (BISHOP) - MOVE 2 FORWARD AND THEN 2 SIDEWAYS, CANNOT
- CROSS THE RIVER. E.G.,
-
- +--+--X--+--+--+--X--+--+ X are only places a
- | | | |\ | /| | | | BISHOP can occupy.
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | |/ | \| | | |
- X--+--+--+--X--+--+--+--X
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | | | | | | |
- +-----X-----------X-----+
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+
-
- A BISHOP CAN BE BLOCKED AS FOLLOWS:
-
- +--+--X--+--+--+--c--+--+ X, Y - BISHOP pieces
- | | | |\ | /| | | | O - other pieces
- +--O--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | |/ | \| | | | X can move to b but
- a--+--+--+--b--+--+--+--Y not to a.
- | | | | | | | | | Y can move to c but
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--O--+ not to d.
- | | | | | | | | |
- +-----------------d-----+
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+
-
- (KNIGHT) - MOVE SIMILAR TO WESTERN CHESS, MOVE 2 FORWARD
- AND THEN 1 SIDEWAYS, CAN CROSS RIVER. E.G.,
-
- +--X--+--+--d--+--+--+--f X, Y - KNIGHT pieces
- | | | |\ | /| | | |
- +--+--+--c--+--+--Y--+--+ X can move to a, b,
- | | | |/ | \| | | | c.
- a--+--b--+--e--+--+--+--g Y can move to d, e,
- | | | | | | | | | f, g, h, i.
- +--+--+--+--+--h--+--i--+
- | | | | | | | | |
- +-----------------------+
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+
-
- A KNIGHT CAN BE BLOCKED AS FOLLOWS:
-
- +--a--+--h--+--+--+--+--+ X - KNIGHT piece
- | | | |\ | /| | | | O - other pieces
- b--+--+--+--g--+--+--+--+
- | | | |/ | \| | | | X can move to a, b,
- +--+--X--O--+--+--+--+--+ c, h.
- | | | | | | | | | X cannot move to d,
- c--+--O--+--f--+--+--+--+ e, f, g.
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--d-----e--------------+
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+
-
- (ROOK) - MOVE SIMILAR TO WESTERN CHESS, STRAIGHT FORWARD,
- BACKWARD, SIDEWAYS, CANNOT JUMP OVER OTHER PIECES.
-
- (CANNON) - MOVES LIKE A ROOK, BUT DIFFERENT IN TAKING
- OPPONENT PIECES. CAN CROSS RIVER. TO TAKE AN
- OPPONENT PIECE, THERE MUST BE ANOTHER PIECE IN
- BETWEEN THE CANNON AND THE OPPONENT PIECE. E.G.,
-
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ X - CANNON piece
- | | | |\ | /| | | | O - other pieces
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ A,B,C - opponent
- | | | |/ | \| | | | pieces
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | | | | | | | X can take A or
- +--A--O--+--X--+--+--B--+ C.
- | | | | | | | | | X cannot take B.
- +-----------O-----------+
- | R I V E R |
- +-----------------------+
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--+--+--+--C--+--+--+--+
- | | | |\ | /| | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | |/ | \| | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
-
- (PAWN) -
-
- BEFORE CROSSING RIVER, MOVE 1 STRAIGHT AHEAD
- ONLY.
- AFTER CROSSING RIVER, MOVE 1 AHEAD OR SIDEWAYS
- ONLY.
- AFTER REACHING THE END LINE, CAN ONLY MOVE
- SIDEWAYS.
- A PAWN CAN NEVER MOVE BACKWARD.
-
- OTHER RULES AND COMMENTS:
-
- THE KINGS CAN NEVER FACE EACH OTHER, I.E., THERE MUST ALWAYS
- BE ANOTHER PIECE IN BETWEEN THE TWO KINGS. THIS RULE IS
- USEFUL TOWARD THE END OF A GAME TO LIMIT THE OPPONENT KING'S
- MOVEMENT. E.G.,
-
- +--+--+--+--Y--+--+--+--+ Y - RED KING
- | | | |\ | /| | | | R - RED ROOK
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ K - GREEN KING
- | | | |/ | \| | | | G - GREEN GUARD
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ B - GREEN BISHOP
- | | | | | | | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--R--+--+--+ If this is the board
- | | | | | | | | | layout, red wins - check
- +-----------------------+ mate with the ROOK and
- | R I V E R | the fact that there are
- +-----------------------+ no pieces in between the
- | | | | | | | | | KINGs so the green KING
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ cannot move left to avoid
- | | | | | | | | | the check by the red
- +--+--+--G--+--+--+--+--+ ROOK.
- | | | |\ | /| | | |
- +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
- | | | |/ | \| | | |
- +--+--B--+--+--K--+--+--+
-