All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Cook's chess (華棋)
Kosintsev I.G.
kosintsev.i.g@gmail.com
(12.08.2020)
The Free Chess Society supports and protects the individuality of each player. This means that chess pieces can have any fair interpretation. For example, you can play Waterloo by classical Dai shogi 大将棋 pieces with appropriate rules. This chess variant is called Cook's chess or 華棋.
The complete set has 60 double-sided pieces (checkers): 40 yellow/green and 20 red/blue:
1. King 王 or 玉: f10 and e1.
2. Queen 奔 f1,e10.
3. Rook 飛: b1,i1,b10,i10.
4. Lance 香: a1,k1,a10,k10.
5. Bishop 角: c1,h1,c10,h10.
6. Knight 桂: c2,h2,c9,h9.
7. Gold general 金: e2,f2,e9,f9.
8. Silver general 銀: d2,g2,d9,g9.
9. Copper general 銅:: b2,i2,b9,i9.
10. Iron general 鉄: a2,k2,a9,k9.
11. Lion 獅 d1,g1,d10,g10.
12. Pawn 歩: a3-k3, a8-k8.
Promotion is absent. The three furthest ranks are an opponent's kingdom. A pawn is moved from this ranks as king. A iron general is moved from this ranks as silver general. A copper general, lance or a knight is moved from this ranks as gold general.
Chess players are not idiots. Consequently, any classical obstruction against exellent variants of chess will disappear over time.
External links:
1. Dai shogi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_shogi
2. Ikebana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana
