ASEAN Chess

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The rules listed on this page were automatically generated and probably need some manual cleanup.

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PPPPPPPP
RNBQKBNR
The opening position for ASEAN.

Rules

ASEAN is played on a 8x8 board White moves first. White and black begin the game with 2 Knights (N)
White and black begin the game with 2 Bishops (B)
White and black begin the game with 1 Queen (Q)
White and black begin the game with 2 Rooks (R)
White and black begin the game with 1 King (K)
White and black begin the game with 8 Pawns (P)
The King is a royal piece (king).

Objectives

The game is won:

  • If the enemy king is check-mated.

The game is a draw:

  • If the enemy king is stale-mated.
  • If the enemy only has a king left and cannot take your last piece
  • If the same position occurs for the third time.
  • If no progress has been made for 50 consecutive moves.
  • If there is insufficient material to mate the enemy king.

Movement of the pieces

Knight (N)

The Knight moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).
Betza description: N

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N
..
..
Bishop (B)

The Bishop moves and captures as a asymmetric leaper (marked •).
Betza description: FfW

...
B
..
Queen (Q)

The Queen moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).
Betza description: F

..
Q
..
Rook (R)

The Rook moves and captures as a slider (marked •).
Betza description: R

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.
....R...
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King (K)

The King moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).
Betza description: K

...
.K.
...
Pawn (P)

The Pawn moves as a stepper (marked •).
The Pawn captures as a stepper (marked ×).
Betza description: fmWfcF
The Pawn cannot move back to the square it came from.
The Pawn can promote to a Knight, Bishop, Queen or Rook.

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P

Promotion

Promotions are allowed when a piece moves into or out of the promotion zone.

Pawn (P)

The Pawn must promote when it reaches one of the squares marked with •.
The Pawn can promote to a Knight, Bishop, Queen or Rook.

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