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   3 <title>Makruk</title>
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   8 <h1>Makruk (Thai Chess)</h1>
   9 <table cellpadding="20"><tr><td>
  10 <img src="Makruk.png">
  11 </td><td>
  12 <h3>Initial setup</h3>
  13 <p>
  14 d1, e8: King
  15 <br>
  16 e1, d8: Met
  17 <br>
  18 a1, a8, h1, h8: Rook
  19 <br>
  20 c1, c8, f1, f8: Elephant
  21 <br>
  22 b1, b8, g1, g8: Knight
  23 <br>
  24 a3-h3, a6-h6: Pawns
  25 </p>
  26 </td></tr></table>
  27
  28 <h3>Moves at a Glance</h3>
  29
  30 <p>Click on a piece below to see its moves</p>
  31
  32 <table class="board"><tr><td class="h" id="0x9">
  33
  34      </td><td class="n" id="1x9">
  35
  36      </td><td class="n" id="2x9">
  37
  38      </td><td class="n" id="3x9">
  39
  40      </td><td class="n" id="4x9" onmouseDown="down_click(4,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
  41
  42      </td><td class="n" id="5x9" onmouseDown="down_click(5,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
  43
  44      </td><td class="n" id="6x9">
  45
  46      </td><td class="n" id="7x9">
  47
  48      </td><td class="n" id="8x9">
  49
  50      </td><td class="h" id="9x9">
  51
  52      </td><td class="h">
  53 <img src="sym/yellow.png">
  54      </td><td class="w" rowspan="2" valign="top">
  55 <p>Sliding capture or non-capture,<br>can be blocked on any square along the ray</p>
  56 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x8">
  57
  58      </td><td class="n" id="1x8">
  59
  60      </td><td class="n" id="2x8" onmouseDown="down_click(2,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
  61
  62      </td><td class="n" id="3x8">
  63
  64      </td><td class="n" id="4x8">
  65
  66      </td><td class="n" id="5x8">
  67
  68      </td><td class="n" id="6x8">
  69
  70      </td><td class="n" id="7x8">
  71
  72      </td><td class="n" id="8x8">
  73
  74      </td><td class="h" id="9x8">
  75
  76 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x7">
  77
  78      </td><td class="n" id="1x7">
  79
  80      </td><td class="n" id="2x7">
  81
  82      </td><td class="n" id="3x7">
  83
  84      </td><td class="n" id="4x7">
  85
  86      </td><td class="n" id="5x7">
  87
  88      </td><td class="n" id="6x7">
  89
  90      </td><td class="n" id="7x7">
  91
  92      </td><td class="n" id="8x7">
  93
  94      </td><td class="h" id="9x7">
  95
  96      </td><td class="h">
  97 <img src="sym/orange.png">
  98      </td><td class="w">
  99 Unblockable leap (capture or non-capture)
 100 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x6">
 101
 102      </td><td class="n" id="1x6">
 103
 104      </td><td class="n" id="2x6" onmouseDown="down_click(2,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 105
 106      </td><td class="n" id="3x6" onmouseDown="down_click(3,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 107
 108      </td><td class="n" id="4x6" onmouseDown="down_click(4,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 109
 110      </td><td class="n" id="5x6" onmouseDown="down_click(5,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 111
 112      </td><td class="n" id="6x6" onmouseDown="down_click(6,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 113
 114      </td><td class="n" id="7x6" onmouseDown="down_click(7,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 115
 116      </td><td class="n" id="8x6">
 117
 118      </td><td class="h" id="9x6">
 119
 120      </td><td class="h">
 121 <img src="sym/green.png">
 122      </td><td class="w">
 123 Non-capture only
 124 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x5">
 125
 126      </td><td class="n" id="1x5">
 127
 128      </td><td class="n" id="2x5">
 129
 130      </td><td class="n" id="3x5" onmouseDown="down_click(3,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 131
 132      </td><td class="n" id="4x5" onmouseDown="down_click(4,-5)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 133 <img src="sym/WhiteAdvisor.png">
 134      </td><td class="n" id="5x5" onmouseDown="down_click(5,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 135
 136      </td><td class="n" id="6x5" onmouseDown="down_click(6,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 137
 138      </td><td class="n" id="7x5">
 139
 140      </td><td class="n" id="8x5">
 141
 142      </td><td class="h" id="9x5">
 143
 144      </td><td class="h">
 145 <img src="sym/red.png">
 146      </td><td class="w">
 147 Capture only
 148 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x4">
 149
 150      </td><td class="n" id="1x4">
 151
 152      </td><td class="n" id="2x4">
 153
 154      </td><td class="n" id="3x4" onmouseDown="down_click(3,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 155
 156      </td><td class="n" id="4x4" onmouseDown="down_click(4,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 157
 158      </td><td class="n" id="5x4" onmouseDown="down_click(5,4)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 159
 160      </td><td class="n" id="6x4" onmouseDown="down_click(6,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 161
 162      </td><td class="n" id="7x4">
 163
 164      </td><td class="n" id="8x4">
 165
 166      </td><td class="h" id="9x4">
 167
 168 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x3">
 169
 170      </td><td class="n" id="1x3">
 171
 172      </td><td class="n" id="2x3" onmouseDown="down_click(2,3)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 173 <img src="sym/WhitePawn.png">
 174      </td><td class="n" id="3x3" onmouseDown="down_click(3,3)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 175 <img src="sym/WhiteRook.png">
 176      </td><td class="n" id="4x3" onmouseDown="down_click(4,3)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 177 <img src="sym/WhiteKnight.png">
 178      </td><td class="n" id="5x3" onmouseDown="down_click(5,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 179
 180      </td><td class="n" id="6x3" onmouseDown="down_click(6,0)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 181
 182      </td><td class="n" id="7x3" onmouseDown="down_click(7,3)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 183 <img src="sym/WhiteKing.png">
 184      </td><td class="n" id="8x3">
 185
 186      </td><td class="h" id="9x3">
 187
 188 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x2">
 189
 190      </td><td class="n" id="1x2">
 191
 192      </td><td class="n" id="2x2">
 193
 194      </td><td class="n" id="3x2">
 195
 196      </td><td class="n" id="4x2">
 197
 198      </td><td class="n" id="5x2">
 199
 200      </td><td class="n" id="6x2" onmouseDown="down_click(6,2)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 201 <img src="sym/WhiteCommoner.png">
 202      </td><td class="n" id="7x2">
 203
 204      </td><td class="n" id="8x2">
 205
 206      </td><td class="h" id="9x2">
 207
 208 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x1">
 209
 210      </td><td class="n" id="1x1">
 211
 212      </td><td class="n" id="2x1" onmouseDown="down_click(-2,1)" onmouseUp="up_click()">
 213
 214      </td><td class="n" id="3x1">
 215
 216      </td><td class="n" id="4x1">
 217
 218      </td><td class="n" id="5x1">
 219
 220      </td><td class="n" id="6x1">
 221
 222      </td><td class="n" id="7x1">
 223
 224      </td><td class="n" id="8x1">
 225
 226      </td><td class="h" id="9x1">
 227
 228 </td></tr><tr><td class="h" id="0x0">
 229
 230      </td><td class="n" id="1x0">
 231
 232      </td><td class="n" id="2x0">
 233
 234      </td><td class="n" id="3x0">
 235
 236      </td><td class="n" id="4x0">
 237
 238      </td><td class="n" id="5x0">
 239
 240      </td><td class="n" id="6x0">
 241
 242      </td><td class="n" id="7x0">
 243
 244      </td><td class="n" id="8x0">
 245
 246      </td><td class="h" id="9x0">
 247
 248 </td></tr></table>
 249
 250 <p id="piece" height="20">:<br>:<br>:<br>:</p>
 251
 252 <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><td>
 253 Piece
 254      </td><td>
 255 ID
 256      </td><td>
 257 value
 258      </td><td>
 259 Moves (<a href="Betza.html">Betza notation</a>)
 260      </td><td>
 261 Remarks
 262 </td></tr><tr><td>
 263 King
 264      </td><td>
 265 K
 266      </td><td>
 267 -
 268      </td><td>
 269 K
 270      </td><td>
 271 With Cambodian rules its first move can also be a non-capture Knight jump (mfhN)
 272 </td></tr><tr><td>
 273 Met
 274      </td><td>
 275 M
 276      </td><td>
 277 1.5
 278      </td><td>
 279 F
 280      </td><td>
 281 With Cambodian rules its first move can also be two steps forward (fD)
 282 </td></tr><tr><td>
 283 Rook
 284      </td><td>
 285 R
 286      </td><td>
 287 5
 288      </td><td>
 289 R
 290      </td><td>
 291
 292 </td></tr><tr><td>
 293 Elephant
 294      </td><td>
 295 S
 296      </td><td>
 297 2.5
 298      </td><td>
 299 FfW
 300      </td><td>
 301
 302 </td></tr><tr><td>
 303 Knight
 304      </td><td>
 305 N
 306      </td><td>
 307 3.25
 308      </td><td>
 309 N
 310      </td><td>
 311
 312 </td></tr><tr><td>
 313 Pawn
 314      </td><td>
 315 P
 316      </td><td>
 317 1
 318      </td><td>
 319 mfWcfF
 320      </td><td>
 321 Promotes to M on reaching last rank
 322 </td></tr></table>
 323 <h3>Pawn peculiarities</h3>
 324 <ul>
 325 <li>Pawns capture differently from how they move (straight move, diagonal capture).</li>
 326 <li>There is no initial double-push, and thus no en-passant capture.</li>
 327 <li>Pawns promote to Met when they reach the <b>6th rank</b>; there is no choice.</li>
 328 </ul>
 329 <h3>General rules</h3>
 330 <ul>
 331 <li>It is not allowed to expose your King to check.</li>
 332 <li>The game is won by checkmating the opponent's King.</li>
 333 <li>Stalemate (no legal moves, but not in check) is a draw.</li>
 334 </ul>
 335 <h3>Differences with FIDE</h3>
 336 <p>
 337 The Queen and Bishops are replaced by Ferz and Elephant.
 338 Pawns start on the third rank.
 339 Promotion happens on 6th rank.
 340 Promotion always to Met.
 341 </p>
 342 <h3>Strategy issues</h3>
 343 <p>
 344 It is not possible to force checkmate on a bare King with just a single Met, Elephant or Knight (in addition to your own King).
 345 Two Knights or two Mets cannot do it either.
 346 </p>
 347 <p>
 348 </p>
 349 <p>
 350 </p>
 351 <p>
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