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The banner still says "Check out Janggi (Korean Chess), our featured variant for November, 2024.". Should read "December" here, shouldn't it?




It does not matter that the leapers don't promote because pieces are never taken out of the game forever, they all return via drops. The stronger player always has enough pieces to checkmate.
What matters is that many of the leapers are so weak as to be ineffectual against a piece like a King without the possibility of promoting to something stronger. Even the weakest leapers in Shogi, the (Shogi) Knight and Pawn, have some way to work around that with their promotions to the equivalent of a Gold General. But I suppose it is good enough as a proof of concept.


Well, as is, it's a well-designed game for sure, and worthy of approval.
I'd agree that the Quickpawn is easier to promote due to having more movement options than the standard Chess Pawn, but I think board size affects game length more so than decisiveness, which is more a function of.how powerful the army is compared to the royal piece (usually the King).

The banner still says "Check out Janggi (Korean Chess), our featured variant for November, 2024.". Should read "December" here, shouldn't it?
Thanks for noticing. That's now fixed.

This page could be improved by using the Diagram Designer to make hexagonal diagrams and by adding piece graphics and some movement diagrams to better explain how some pieces move.







These rules do not make clear which direction, or possibly directions, count as forward. If forward is the same as in Chess, then some Pawns won't be able to move without capturing a piece. I would presume that forward for each Pawn is away from the side it starts on.


@ Respected H.G. Muller, Thanks so much for your talent. I appreciate your help a lot. sincerely, adella.

Add a second for Modern Chess from me
Ajax chess has rule enforcing play and game records.
Duck chess can be played at chess.com if that counts.
Would it be a good idea to have the featured games be a recurring cycle so there's always something to feature next?


Is this checkmate in 3?

If you want a game where T can be promoted, there's Markawa where T can be promoted to NB.



Exactly why I suggested the move zero rule.


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I'm currently finishing up my Chu Shogi Applet with Assorted Tsumeshogis ...
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I finally got my repaired computer back yesterday. I'm still working on getting things caught up, but it'll happen, I'm sure.

Did you find a decisive tactical thread, and if yes, against which army?



That's because I made a new one. You can find it at https://www.chessvariants.com/invention/chu-shogi-applet
The old applet has been moved to www.chessvariants.com/invention/old-chu-shogi-applet

Fabulous FIDEs, Forward FIDEs, Daring Dragons, Bent Bozos, & Silly Sliders.
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Well, but not very human readable, one has to decode cryptic things like
customPiece3 = r:GH
what is perfectly OK as an instruction for a CV engine, but it is not a note adressing human readers.