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   1 p.boxed
   2   | Korean Chess, with different pieces behaving
   3   | differently than orthodox chess.
   4
   5 p.
   6   Pieces stand on intersections rather than squares: this is purely aesthetic,
   7   and doesn't affect movements' descriptions.
   8
   9 p
  10   | Initial position is almost the same as in
  11   a(href="/#/variants/Xiangqi") Xiangqi
  12   | , with the exception of the kings in the middle of the palaces.
  13   | Also, at the first move you may choose to swap knight and elephant
  14   | positions: either both, or on one side only.
  15
  16 p More precisely, at first move:
  17 ul
  18   li White can keep the initial setup by playing a pass move, or
  19   li
  20     | exchange knight / elephant positions on either side, and then
  21     ul
  22       li pass (by bringing your king onto the enemy king), or
  23       li exchange positions on the other side too.
  24 p Then it's Black turn to do the same, and the game starts.
  25
  26 figure.diagram-container
  27   .diagram.diag12
  28     | fen:rnea1aenr/4k4/1c5c1/p1p1p1p1p/9/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C5C1/4K4/RNEA1AENR:
  29   .diagram.diag22
  30     | fen:rnea1aner/4k4/1c5c1/p1p1p1p1p/9/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C5C1/4K4/RENA1AENR:
  31   figcaption Left: initial position. Right: after rearranging.
  32
  33 h3 Pieces movements
  34
  35 ul
  36   li.
  37     The King moves along any line of the palace, but cannot leave the palace.
  38     The same goes for his Advisors.
  39     Contrary to Xiangqi, kings can face each other on a file, but if this
  40     situation lasts two half moves, the game is a draw: "bikjang".
  41   li.
  42     Rooks and knights move like in orthodox chess, but the knight does not
  43     jump: it goes one square orthogonally first, then one diagonally.
  44     If the first is occupied, the move is impossible.
  45   li.
  46     Elephants move like knights, but one square diagonally further: they
  47     land at the opposite corner of a 2 x 3 rectangle, and intermediate squares
  48     must be free.
  49   li.
  50     The Cannons move like rooks but need a piece on their way to jump first.
  51     That is to say, on an empty rank or file cannons cannot move at all.
  52     They can only reach the squares behind the first obstacle.
  53     Moreover, a cannon cannot jump over or capture another cannon.
  54   li.
  55     Pawns behave like promoted pawns from Xiangqi: they move one square
  56     forward or lateraly.
  57
  58 p.
  59   Additionally, cannons, rooks and pawns may move along the palace diagonals.
  60   Also, it's possible to pass instead of playing a move.
  61   Two consecutive passes result in a draw.
  62
  63 figure.diagram-container
  64   .diagram.diag12
  65     | fen:4r4/9/4n4/9/9/2r1Cr2c/9/4C4/9/9 a5,b5,e9,e10,g5,h5:
  66   .diagram.diag22
  67     | fen:9/9/2r6/9/9/4EP3/3p5/5p3/9/9 b7,b3,c2,c8,g8:
  68   figcaption Left: Cannon moves. Right: Elephant moves.
  69
  70 h3 Pieces valuation
  71
  72 p These are the official values:
  73
  74 table
  75   tr
  76     th Piece
  77     th Value
  78   tr
  79     td Chariot
  80     td 13
  81   tr
  82     td Cannon
  83     td 7
  84   tr
  85     td Horse
  86     td 5
  87   tr
  88     td Elephant
  89     td 3
  90   tr
  91     td Advisor
  92     td 3
  93   tr
  94     td Pawn
  95     td 2
  96
  97 h3 More information
  98
  99 p
 100   | This variant is playable on
 101   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/janggi")
 102     | pychess-variants
 103   | . See also the Wikipedia page.