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Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 02:57 AM UTC:
>> In N Korea, the initial positions of Rooks and Elepahnts are changed each other. 
>> It is a different opening setup. 

>>http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%BC:Yang_sang2.png

Thanks Tu Ren Dong.

Is it still legal to swap the Knights with the Elephants on the corners?

Here is a Game Courier preset for the North Korean setup:
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3DNorth+Korean+Chess%26settings%3Ddefault