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  • Cambodian Chess (Ok) and Thai Chess (Makruk)

    From Mats Winther@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 10 23:23:15 2021
    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm

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  • From Zweet Voet@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 11 09:06:17 2021
    On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9:23:16 AM UTC+2, [email protected] wrote:
    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm

    Bs"d

    I don't want to be educated on those horrible deformities.

    https://tinyurl.com/TGodFC

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Dec 15 00:25:02 2021
    On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 12:23:16 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm

    The idea behind Makpong could be applied to orthodox chess as well to create
    a tiebreaker variant!

    John Savard

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  • From Mats Winther@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Wed Dec 15 04:36:31 2021
    On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:25:03 AM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 12:23:16 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm
    The idea behind Makpong could be applied to orthodox chess as well to create a tiebreaker variant!

    John Savard

    True, it works very well, because it is very different than "first check wins".

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Dec 20 04:15:11 2021
    On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 5:36:33 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:25:03 AM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 12:23:16 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:

    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm

    The idea behind Makpong could be applied to orthodox chess as well to create
    a tiebreaker variant!

    True, it works very well, because it is very different than "first check wins".

    I thank you for your informative page.

    I hadn't looked in detail at the differences between the Thai quick variant and the
    Cambodian quick variant. While I felt that Makpong was likely to be superior, I will have to admit I didn't know how much difference there would be in practice between it and the Cambodian variant - presumably related - of "first check wins",
    since opportunities to get out of check by interposition, or capturing the checking
    piece are often not available, it seemed to me that while there is a difference, it
    likely would not be great.

    If Makpong _is_ applied to Western/International chess, I suspect the rule for it
    might be worded like this: (in this variant) when the King is in check, it may not
    move except to capture the checking piece.

    John Savard

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  • From Mats Winther@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Dec 28 22:38:43 2021
    On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 1:15:12 PM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 5:36:33 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:25:03 AM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 12:23:16 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:

    For your education: http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/cambodianchess.htm

    The idea behind Makpong could be applied to orthodox chess as well to create
    a tiebreaker variant!
    True, it works very well, because it is very different than "first check wins".
    I thank you for your informative page.

    I hadn't looked in detail at the differences between the Thai quick variant and the
    Cambodian quick variant. While I felt that Makpong was likely to be superior, I
    will have to admit I didn't know how much difference there would be in practice
    between it and the Cambodian variant - presumably related - of "first check wins",
    since opportunities to get out of check by interposition, or capturing the checking
    piece are often not available, it seemed to me that while there is a difference, it
    likely would not be great.

    If Makpong _is_ applied to Western/International chess, I suspect the rule for it
    might be worded like this: (in this variant) when the King is in check, it may not
    move except to capture the checking piece.

    John Savard

    In Makpong, also another piece can capture the checking piece, or it can go between. So there's a big difference compared with "first check wins".

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