Thai Chess: A Digital Adaptation of a Classic
Thai Chess, played on an 8x8 board, shares similarities with classical chess but features key distinctions. The initial setup mirrors classical chess, except for two crucial differences: the white queen starts on e1 and the white king on d1 (each king is to the left of its queen from the player's perspective); and pawns are positioned on the third rank (white) and sixth rank (black).
Standard chess piece movements for the king and rook remain unchanged: the king moves one square in any direction, and the rook moves any number of unoccupied squares horizontally or vertically. Pawns advance one square forward and capture diagonally forward, as in classical chess.
The game offers various playing modes: against artificial intelligence, locally with another person on the same device, or online against a remote opponent.
Piece Movement Specifics:
- King: Moves as in European chess; castling is not permitted.
- Queen: Moves only one square diagonally.
- Rook: Moves any number of unoccupied squares horizontally or vertically.
- Bishop: Moves one square diagonally in any direction or one square forward vertically.
- Knight: Moves in an "L" shape (two squares in one direction, then one square perpendicularly), as in European chess.
- Pawn: Moves one square forward vertically and captures one square diagonally forward. Pawns promote only to queens upon reaching the sixth rank.
Winning the Game:
The objective, as in classical chess, is to checkmate the opponent's king. A stalemate results in a draw.
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