Hiashatar
Hiashatar is a medieval chess variant played in Mongolia. The game is played on a 10×10 board. The pieces are the same as in chess with the exception that there is an additional piece which is called the "bodyguard".[1][2] The starting position is similar to chess, except that a bodyguard each is placed between king and bishop and between queen and bishop with a pawn in front and there are two more rows in the middle. The game is not as popular as western chess or Shatar.
Initial arrangement of figures
| A | B | C | E | E | F | G | H | I | J | ||
| 10 |                | 10 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| A | B | C | E | E | F | G | H | I | J | ||
Pieces
- King (noyon) - moves like the King in chess
- Queen (bers) - moves like the Queen in chess
- Bodyguard (hia) - moves like a Queen, but can only move one or two squares. The Bodyguard has a special power; any piece sliding must stop its move if it moves through any square a king's move away from the bodyguard. Any piece a king's move away from the bodyguard can only move one square. The only piece immune to this power of the Bodyguard is the Knight.
- Rook (tereg) - moves like the rook in chess
- Knight (mori) - moves like the Knight in chess
- Bishop (temē) - moves like the Bishop in chess
- Pawn (hū) - moves like the pawn in chess except that it can make an initial triple step.
Other Rules
- There is no castling
- Pawns promote only to queen
References
- N. Okano, Sekai-no meina shogi (World's chess games), p. 40-46, chapter V. 1999.
- "Mongolian Chess". www.geocities.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "The Chess Variant Pages: Hiashatar".
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