These pieces will automatically promote to piece number 7 when they
reach last rank. So in normal Chess, piece 7 should be programmed as Queen.
-Castling currently can be done only with a piece number 6 in the corner,
-so in normal Chess you should program piece 6 as Rook. Any royal piece
-can in principle castle. (Subject to the normal restrictions on castling,
-i.e. not passing through check etc.) If you don't want that, remove the
-castling moves from the King desription. If the castling initiator does
-not start in a central file, the results are currently undefined.\r
+Castling can be done only with the original corner piece as specified
+by line 2 and 3. Any royal piece can in principle castle. (Subject to
+the normal restrictions on castling, i.e. not passing through check etc.)
+If you don't want that, remove the castling moves from the King description.
+If the castling initiator does not start in a central file, the results are
+currently undefined.\r
Most variant definitions can be seen at the end of this file.
Other lines in this file (i.e. those not recognized as belonging to a
others cannot be indicated at all, but they could still occur in the
initial setup (where you specify them by number, not letter).
+NOTE: piece value 181 for piece 7 is reserved for Makruk, and enables
+promotion on the 6th rank. Do not use it in other variants.
+
The individual bits in the move-mode descriptor have the following meaning:\r
In the last hexadecimal digit:\r
1 capture allowed (of enemy piece; own pieces always block a move)\r
e:110 30,7 34,7 -30,7 -34,7\r
f:180 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7\r
\r
+// Thai Chess. Note: value m = 181 controls promotion at 6th!\r
+Game: makruk\r
+8x8\r
+6 4 5 7 3 5 4 6\r
+6 4 8 3 7 8 4 6\r
+p:100 -16,6 -15,5 -17,5 \r
+p:100 16,6 15,5 17,5\r
+k:-1 1,7 16,7 15,7 17,7 -1,7 -16,7 -15,7 -17,7\r
+n:450 14,7 31,7 33,7 18,7 -14,7 -31,7 -33,7 -18,7\r
+s:300 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7 -16,7\r
+R:630 1,3 16,3 -1,3 -16,3\r
+m:181 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7\r
+s:300 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7 16,7\r
+f:181 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7\r
+q:181 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7\r
+b:300 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7 -16,7\r
+b:300 15,7 17,7 -15,7 -17,7 16,7\r
+\r
// Medieval intermediate between Shatranj and FIDE Chess\r
Game: courier\r
12x8\r