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   1 p.boxed
   2   | The player in second has a different set of pieces,
   3   | mostly coming from Chinese and Korean chess.
   4
   5 figure.diagram-container
   6   .diagram
   7     | fen:rneakenr/8/1c4c1/1ss2ss1/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR:
   8   figcaption Initial deterministic setup.
   9
  10 p.
  11   Synochess is a variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato.
  12   The idea is to permit the western chess army (white) to fight
  13   against the xiangqi or Chinese chess army (black) in a fair manner.
  14   The white army is called the Kingdom, while the black army represents
  15   an amalgamation of xiangqi and janggi (Korean chess)
  16   and is called the Dynasty.
  17
  18 p.
  19   The name Synochess is based off an earlier name, Sinochess, but it was
  20   changed as the Dynasty became less "Sino" (as in Chinese) and more a
  21   mixture of Chinese and Korean. Instead, the prefix syn- means together.
  22
  23 ul
  24   li The Kingdom (white) always moves first.
  25   li The Dynasty (black) cannot castle.
  26   li Dynasty soldiers do not promote (on last rank).
  27
  28 h3 Special Rules
  29
  30 ul
  31   li.
  32     King Faceoff &mdash; As in Xiangqi, Kings may not face each other
  33     (on a file or rank).
  34   li.
  35     Reinforcement Soldiers &mdash; Black starts with two soldiers in hand.
  36     Instead of moving a piece on the board, the Dynasty player can drop a
  37     soldier onto an open square in rank 5.
  38   li Campmate &mdash; A king that reaches the final rank wins the game.
  39   li.
  40     Stalemate &mdash; As in Xiangqi, stalemates
  41     and moves repetitions are a loss.
  42
  43 h3 Dynasty Pieces
  44
  45 p.
  46   Four new units on the Dynasty side: 6 Soldiers (2 start in
  47   hand), 2 Cannons, 2 Elephants, and 1 Advisor.
  48 p.
  49   The Chariots are equal to the Rooks and use the same abbreviation (R)
  50   &mdash; the difference is purely cosmetic. Similarly, the Kings are the
  51   same, but just appear different.
  52
  53 ul
  54   li.
  55     Soldier (S) &mdash; The Soldiers can move one square orthogonally forward,
  56     or lateraly.
  57   li Advisor (A) &mdash; The Advisor moves and captures exactly like a king.
  58   li.
  59     Cannon (C) &mdash; The Cannon moves like a rook, but needs an
  60     intervening piece in-between to achieve a capture.
  61     It cannot hop over another cannon, however.
  62   li.
  63     Elephant (E) &mdash; The Elephant is a leaping piece that moves
  64     diagonally one or two spaces.
  65
  66 figure.diagram-container
  67   .diagram.diag12
  68     | fen:8/6P1/5P2/4e3/3P1p2/8/8/8 c3,c7,d4,d6,g3,f6,g7:
  69   .diagram.diag22
  70     | fen:3B4/3P4/8/1P1c1p1P/8/3c4/8/3N4 d8,d6,c5,e5,h5,d4:
  71   figcaption Elephant & Cannon movements.
  72
  73 h3 Piece valuation
  74
  75 p The following simplified values are used by the basic bot:
  76
  77 table
  78   tr
  79     th Kingdom piece
  80     th Value
  81     th Dynasty piece
  82     th Value
  83   tr
  84     td Pawn
  85     td 1
  86     td Soldier
  87     td 2
  88   tr
  89     td Queen
  90     td 9
  91     td Elephant
  92     td 2.75
  93   tr
  94     td Bishop
  95     td 3
  96     td Advisor
  97     td 2.75
  98   tr
  99     td Knight
 100     td 3
 101     td Cannon
 102     td 3
 103   tr
 104     td Rook
 105     td 5
 106     td Knight
 107     td 3
 108   tr
 109     td -
 110     td -
 111     td Chariot
 112     td 5
 113
 114 h3 More information
 115
 116 p
 117   | See
 118   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/synochess") Synochess
 119   | &nbsp;on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.