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3 | p. | |
4 | Synochess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato. | |
5 | The idea of the game was to create a variant where the western chess army | |
6 | can fight against the xiangqi or Chinese chess army in a fair manner. | |
7 | In this game, the white army represents the western chess side and is | |
8 | called the Kingdom, while the black army represents an amalgamation of | |
9 | xiangqi and janggi (Korean chess) and is called the Dynasty. | |
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11 | p. | |
12 | The name Synochess is based off an earlier name, Sinochess, but it was | |
13 | changed as the Dynasty became less "Sino" (as in Chinese) and more a | |
14 | mixture of Chinese and Korean. Instead, the prefix syn- means together, | |
15 | and the game represents two different historic branches of chess coming | |
16 | together into one. | |
17 | ||
18 | ul | |
19 | li The Kingdom (white) always moves first. | |
20 | li The Dynasty (black) cannot castle. | |
21 | li. | |
22 | Kingdom pawns can only promote to their own pieces (queen, rook, knight, | |
23 | bishop). Dynasty soldiers do not promote. | |
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25 | h3 Special Rules | |
26 | ||
27 | ul | |
28 | li. | |
29 | King Faceoff — As in Xiangqi, Kings may not face each other | |
30 | (on a file or rank) without intervening pieces. | |
31 | li. | |
32 | Reinforcement Soldiers — Black starts with two soldiers in hand. | |
33 | Instead of moving a piece on the board, the Dynasty player can drop a | |
34 | soldier onto an open square in rank 5 (Dynasty's 4th rank). | |
35 | li. | |
36 | Campmate — A king that reaches the final rank (without moving | |
37 | into check) wins the game. | |
38 | li. | |
39 | Stalemate — As in Xiangqi, stalemates | |
40 | and moves repetitions are a loss. | |
41 | ||
42 | h3 Dynasty Pieces | |
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44 | p. | |
45 | There are four new units unique to the Dynasty: 6 Soldiers (2 start in | |
46 | hand), 2 Cannons, 2 Elephants, and 1 Advisor. | |
47 | p. | |
48 | The Chariots are equal to the Rooks and use the same abbreviation (R) | |
49 | — the difference is purely cosmetic. Similarly, the Kings are the | |
50 | same, but just appear different. | |
51 | ||
52 | p. | |
53 | Details and diagrams of each piece are below. | |
54 | ||
55 | p TODO: continue | |
56 | ||
57 | p https://www.pychess.org/variant/synochess |