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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--+--+--+