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It may jump over friendly pieces, but not over enemy pieces.Ī soldier has two possible moves: as a king, i.e., one square So, when a cavalry would be on a normal chess board on the square a1, it

In one (horizontal or vertical) direction and three in the other direction. (1 square in one horizontal or vertical direction, and two in the otherĭirection), or make a move of 1 square in one (horizontal or vertical)ĭirection and three in the other direction, or make a move of 2 squares When moving a cavalry, the player may make a normal knight move The cavalry has a number of moves, resembling the moves of a Piece, the squares in between should be empty. Shoot over another piece, i.e., when the machine-gun shoots another (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal), but only at most three squares far.Īgain, when shooting, the machine-gun doesn't move shooting counts asĪ whole turn and at most one piece is shot in the turn. The machine-gun also takesīy shooting however the machine-gun may shoot in all eight directions The machine-gun moves as the gun: it cannot take when movingĪnd goes one square in an arbitrary direction. In this case, the gunĭoes not move, but can take one hostile piece that is at most five squaresĪway in a horizontal, diagonally forward, or vertically forward direction.Ī gun can shoot only one piece in a turn. When the gun moves, it cannot take, and moves as a king one square Tank cannot be taken by a machine-gun, cavalry, or soldier. The tank moves one or two squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The bomber cannot be taken by a tank or by cavalry. One friendly piece (but not over more than one friendly piece per turn). The bomber moves and takes as a queen, but may also jump over The headquarter moves as a king, and also plays the role of king. Squares are alternatingly colored, with blackįlag g1 Gun c1, j1 Cavalry d1, i1, Machine-gun e1, h1 Bomber f1 Player colours are red and white.īoard is formed by adding two rows of eight squares at each of the four Players have each twenty-four pieces: a headquarter,Ī bomber, a tank, two guns, two cavalry, two machine-guns, and fifteen The game is played on a board of 128 squares, obtained by adding toĪll four sides of a regular eight by eight board a strip of two by eight It was described in Pritchard's Encyclopedia This is a game from the Soviet-Union, invented in 1933 by A.S. Check out Chu Shogi, our featured variant for August, 2023.