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p.boxed
  | The player in second has a different set of pieces,
  | mostly coming from Chinese and Korean chess.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram
    | fen:rneakenr/8/1c4c1/1ss2ss1/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR:
  figcaption Initial deterministic setup.

p.
  Synochess is a variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato.
  The idea is to permit the western chess army (white) to fight
  against the xiangqi or Chinese chess army (black) in a fair manner.
  The white army is called the Kingdom, while the black army represents
  an amalgamation of xiangqi and janggi (Korean chess)
  and is called the Dynasty.

p.
  The name Synochess is based off an earlier name, Sinochess, but it was
  changed as the Dynasty became less "Sino" (as in Chinese) and more a
  mixture of Chinese and Korean. Instead, the prefix syn- means together.

ul
  li The Kingdom (white) always moves first.
  li The Dynasty (black) cannot castle.
  li Dynasty soldiers do not promote (on last rank).

h3 Special Rules

ul
  li.
    King Faceoff &ndash; As in Xiangqi, Kings may not face each other
    (on a file or rank).
  li.
    Reinforcement Soldiers &ndash; Black starts with two soldiers in hand.
    Instead of moving a piece on the board, the Dynasty player can drop a
    soldier onto an open square in rank 5.
  li Campmate &ndash; A king that reaches the final rank wins the game.
  li.
    Stalemate &ndash; As in Xiangqi, stalemate
    and moves repetition are a loss.

h3 Dynasty Pieces

p.
  Four new units on the Dynasty side: 6 Soldiers (2 start in
  hand), 2 Cannons, 2 Elephants, and 1 Advisor.
p.
  The Chariots are equal to the Rooks and use the same abbreviation (R)
  &ndash; the difference is purely cosmetic. Similarly, the Kings are the
  same, but just appear different.

ul
  li The Soldiers (S) can move one square orthogonally forward or lateraly.
  li The Advisor (A) moves and captures exactly like a king.
  li.
    The Cannon (C) moves like a rook, but needs an
    intervening piece in-between before it can land or capture something.
    It cannot hop over another cannon.
  li.
    The Elephant (E) is a leaping piece that moves
    diagonally one or two spaces.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram.diag12
    | fen:8/6P1/5P2/4e3/3P1p2/8/8/8 c3,c7,d4,d6,g3,f6,g7:
  .diagram.diag22
    | fen:3B4/3P4/8/1P1cp2P/8/3c4/8/3N4 d8,a5,f5,g5,h5:
  figcaption Elephant & Cannon movements.

h3 Piece valuation

p The following simplified values are used by the basic bot:

table
  tr
    th Kingdom piece
    th Value
    th Dynasty piece
    th Value
  tr
    td Pawn
    td 1
    td Soldier
    td 2
  tr
    td Queen
    td 9
    td Elephant
    td 2.75
  tr
    td Bishop
    td 3
    td Advisor
    td 2.75
  tr
    td Knight
    td 3
    td Cannon
    td 3
  tr
    td Rook
    td 5
    td Knight
    td 3
  tr
    td -
    td -
    td Chariot
    td 5

h3 More information

p
  | See 
  a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/synochess") Synochess
  | &nbsp;on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.
Commit	Line	Data
	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 – As in Xiangqi, Kings may not face each other
	33	(on a file or rank).
	34	li.
	35	Reinforcement Soldiers – 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 – A king that reaches the final rank wins the game.
	39	li.
	40	Stalemate – As in Xiangqi, stalemate
	41	and moves repetition 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	– the difference is purely cosmetic. Similarly, the Kings are the
	51	same, but just appear different.
	52
	53	ul
	54	li The Soldiers (S) can move one square orthogonally forward or lateraly.
	55	li The Advisor (A) moves and captures exactly like a king.
	56	li.
	57	The Cannon (C) moves like a rook, but needs an
	58	intervening piece in-between before it can land or capture something.
	59	It cannot hop over another cannon.
	60	li.
	61	The Elephant (E) is a leaping piece that moves
	62	diagonally one or two spaces.
	63
	64	figure.diagram-container
	65	.diagram.diag12
	66	\| fen:8/6P1/5P2/4e3/3P1p2/8/8/8 c3,c7,d4,d6,g3,f6,g7:
	67	.diagram.diag22
	68	\| fen:3B4/3P4/8/1P1cp2P/8/3c4/8/3N4 d8,a5,f5,g5,h5:
	69	figcaption Elephant & Cannon movements.
	70
	71	h3 Piece valuation
	72
	73	p The following simplified values are used by the basic bot:
	74
	75	table
	76	tr
	77	th Kingdom piece
	78	th Value
	79	th Dynasty piece
	80	th Value
	81	tr
	82	td Pawn
	83	td 1
	84	td Soldier
	85	td 2
	86	tr
	87	td Queen
	88	td 9
	89	td Elephant
	90	td 2.75
	91	tr
	92	td Bishop
	93	td 3
	94	td Advisor
	95	td 2.75
	96	tr
	97	td Knight
	98	td 3
	99	td Cannon
	100	td 3
	101	tr
	102	td Rook
	103	td 5
	104	td Knight
	105	td 3
	106	tr
	107	td -
	108	td -
	109	td Chariot
	110	td 5
	111
	112	h3 More information
	113
	114	p
	115	\| See
	116	a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/synochess") Synochess
	117	\|  on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.