| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | Bishops and queen are less powerful then in standard chess. |
| 3 | | Special promotion rules. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | p. |
| 6 | From left to right: pawn, rook, knight, bishop (elephant), |
| 7 | queen (general), king. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | figure.showPieces.text-center |
| 10 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wp.svg") |
| 11 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wr.svg") |
| 12 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wn.svg") |
| 13 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wb.svg") |
| 14 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wq.svg") |
| 15 | img(src="/images/pieces/Sittuyin/wk.svg") |
| 16 | figcaption "White" pieces, in red. "Black" pieces are green. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ul |
| 19 | li Elephants replace the orthodox bishops. |
| 20 | li General replace the orthodox queen. |
| 21 | li The only special move is the pawn promotion, always to a general. |
| 22 | li There is no castling option. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | h3 First move |
| 25 | |
| 26 | figure.diagram-container |
| 27 | .diagram |
| 28 | | fen:8/8/4pppp/pppp4/4PPPP/PPPP4/8/8: |
| 29 | figcaption Initial setup. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | p. |
| 32 | The initial setup contains only the pawns. |
| 33 | Indeed, at the first move you can arrange the pieces as you wish behind the |
| 34 | pawns line. You must place every one of them, with rooks on the first rank. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | h3 Pieces movements |
| 37 | |
| 38 | p. |
| 39 | The general moves by one square in any diagonal direction. |
| 40 | The elephant moves one square forward, or like a general. |
| 41 | All other pieces move as in orthodox chess. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | h3 Promotion |
| 44 | |
| 45 | figure.diagram-container |
| 46 | .diagram |
| 47 | | fen:8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8 a8,b7,c6,d5,e5,f6,g7,h8: |
| 48 | figcaption Squares where promotion is allowed. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | p. |
| 51 | A pawn can promote when, at the beginning of a turn, it is placed on any of |
| 52 | the marked squares (from a player point of view). |
| 53 | You can either promote on a diagonally adjacent square (if it is empty), |
| 54 | or in place: this last option is obtained in the interface by "moving" one |
| 55 | square backward. |
| 56 | If you only have one pawn remaining, it can promote from any square. |
| 57 | Promotion is always in a general, and you can have only one general on the |
| 58 | board. |
| 59 | The promoted general cannot attack any opponent's piece, nor can he discover |
| 60 | a rook attack on the enemy king. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | h3 Source |
| 63 | |
| 64 | p |
| 65 | a(href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HIPJLJBU2F6R6vxGziU6j8MHoHu_Kmab") |
| 66 | | How to play Myanmar Traditional Chess |
| 67 | | . This variant is also playable |
| 68 | a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/sittuyin") on pychess-variants |
| 69 | | . |