It is here that the battle of Waterloo was won!
Duke of Wellington
We do not curse thee, Waterloo!
George Gordon Byron
Waterloo 龍棋 (the chess variant)
(7th edition)
Kosintsev I.G.
kosintsev.i.g@gmail.com
(10.09.2019)
If you want play a perfect grand chess, play Waterloo. This 100-squares chess variant has wide strategic and tactical possibilities but at the same time is using an extended set of the chess pieces with the traditional style of movement well known to all chess players. Pieces are arranged hierarchically and harmonically at the initial position.
In addition this variant uses a contemporary design of standard pieces from China (象棋) or Russia (Таврели).
The study and practice of the game is simplified due to the existence of two variations: Junior Waterloo (informally "Euro") and Grand Waterloo (informally "Americano").
(The commercial game is played by crown poker chips.)
Each variant corresponds to its own League: Junior Waterloo League 16- (JWL) and Grand Waterloo League 17+ (GWL). The recommended time control is 30'+15' for JWL and 60'+30' for GWL.
The initial (in agree with etiquette centre-symmetrical) position at Junior Waterloo with the classical board is follows.
The initial position at Grand Waterloo with the 10x10 board is follows.
The complete set of the chess Waterloo has 60 double-sided pieces (checkers): 30 yellow/red (white) and 30 green/blue (black).
The obverse initial yellow pieces (Humans):
1. Pawn (P): a3, b3, c3, d3, e3, f3, g3, h3, i3, k3 (10 pieces).
2. Spy (S): a2, k2 (2 pieces).
3. Knight (N): d2, g2 (2 pieces).
4. Bishop (B): c2, h2 (2 pieces).
5. Rook (R): a1, k1 (2 pieces).
6. Adviser (A): d1, g1 (2 pieces).
The reverse initial red pieces (Aliens):
1. Guard (G): b2, i2 (2 pieces).
2. Joker (J): e2, f2 (2 pieces).
3. Cardinal (C): c1, h1 (2 pieces).
4. Marshall (M): b1, i1 (2 pieces).
5. Queen (Q): f1 (1 piece).
6. Emperor (E): e1 (1 piece).
The obverse initial green pieces (Humans):
1. Pawn (P): a8, b8, c8, d8, e8, f8, g8, h8, i8, k8 (10 pieces).
2. Spy (S): a9, k9 (2 pieces).
3. Knight (N): d9, g9 (2 pieces).
4. Bishop (B): c9, h9 (2 pieces).
5. Rook (R): a10, k10 (2 pieces).
6. Adviser (A): d10, g10 (2 pieces).
The reverse initial blue pieces (Aliens):
1. Guard (G): b9, i9 (2 pieces).
2. Joker (J): e9, f9 (2 pieces).
3. Cardinal (C): c10, h10 (2 pieces).
4. Marshall (M): b10, i10 (2 pieces).
5. Queen (Q): e10 (1 piece).
6. Emperor (E): f10 (1 piece).
Each player has 30 double-sided (Humans/Aliens) Waterloo pieces of one pair of suits: yellow (秋) / red (夏) or green (春) / blue (冬).
There are seven types:of pieces for each pair of suits:
1. Pawn / Dragon (P/D) (10 pieces).
(Original 日) (Chinese 卒/兵) (Russian Ратник)
2. Spy / Guard (S/G) (4 pieces).
(Original 月) (Chinese 砲/炮) (Russian Хельги)
3. Knight / Joker (N/J) (4 pieces).
(Original 火) (Chinese 馬/傌) (Russian Всадник)
4. Bishop / Cardinal (B/C) (4 pieces).
(Original 水) (Chinese 象/相) (Russian Лучник)
5. Rook / Marshall (R/M) (4 pieces).
(Original 土) (Chinese 車/俥) (Russian Ратоборец)
6. Adviser / Queen(Amazon) (A/Q) (3 pieces).
(Original 金) (Chinese 士/仕) (Russian Князь)
7. King / Emperor (K/E) (1 piece).
(Original 木) (Chinese 將/帥) (Russian Волхв)
The sum is 10+4+4+4+4+3+1=30 pieces.
(Of course Spy - 砲/炮 - Хельги aren't equivalents. But they are replaceable without any psychological problems.)
The obverse pieces (上石) (Humans) are
1. Pawn (P): i8, h9. (1$ chip)
2. Spy (S): h7, g8. (2$ chip)
3. Knight (N): g6, f7. (10$ chip)
4. Bishop (B): f5, e6. (20$ chip)
5. Rook (R): e4, d5. (50$ chip)
6. Adviser (A): d3, c4. (100$ chip)
7. King (K): c2, b3. (5$ chip)
The reverse pieces (下石) (Aliens) are
1. Dragon (D): k7, g10. (25$ chip)
2. Guard (G): i6, f9. (200$ chip)
3. Joker (J): h5, e8. (1000$ chip)
4. Cardinal (C): g4, d7. (2000$ chip)
5. Marshall (M): f3, c6. (5000$ chip)
6. Queen(Amazon) (Q): e2, b5. (10000$ chip)
7. Emperor (E): d1, a4. (500$ chip)
The transformation (turning over) of pieces are regulated by the additive reversible rules of the composition in agree with formulas:
S+S=G or G-S=S
N+S=J or J-S=N
K+S=E or E-S=K
B+N=C or C-N=B
R+N=M or M-N=R
A+N=Q or Q-N=A
The move can be done not only by the whole compound piece (Alien) but also by any part of it (Human). A obverse piece (S or N) can be moved (transferred) to a square occupied by another own obverse piece, if the result is the formation of a correct reverse piece. But Dragon is a particular piece for a promotion of Pawn.
Rules of the game:
1. The orthogonal mode of the movement
O or
O(n), where
n is the number of the path cells.
2. The diagonal mode of the movement
D or
D(n), where
n is the number of the path cells.
3. The neighbor mode of the movement
N or
N(n), where
n=1,2,3 over the neighbor occupied or unoccupied squares (Jump).
4. The leaping mode
LO or
LD means that a piece can leap own way over one other (friendly or enemy) piece (hurdle).
1. The progressive (unclassical) pawn (P) moves ahead from third row by O(1) mode; from fourth, fifth rows without the capture by O(1) mode or with the capture by D(1) mode; from sixth, seventh, eight rows by O(1) or by D(1) mode.
Pawn may advance in its first ahead move, without capturing, by O(2) mode.
The pawn may standard capture «en passant».
The pawn that reaches the ninth promotion row promotes for the dragon.
2. The dragon (D) moves by LO or LD modes.
3. The spy (S) moves by N(1) mode.
4. The knight (N) moves by N(3) mode.
5. The joker (J) moves by N(1) or N(3) mode.
6. The guard (G) (pasha or mastodon) leaps by N(1) or N(2) modes.
7. The bishop (B) moves by D mode.
8. The cardinal (C) combines the powers of the bishop and the knight.
9. The rook (R) moves by O mode.
10. The marshall (M) combines the powers of the rook and the knight.
11. The adviser (A) moves by O or D modes.
12. The queen (Q) (Amazon) combines the powers of the adviser and the knight.
13. The king (K) moves by N(1) mode.
The achievement of the ninth row by the king brings the victory.
14. The emperor (E) moves as the guard. After check or after castling he is transformed to the king.
When (double) castling, the marshall move towards the king, the rook move towards this marshall and the king moves to the square at the other side of this rook (for whites: 0-0 (Md1, Rc1, Kb1), 0-0-0 (Mf1, Rg1, Kh1); for blacks: 0-0 (Mg10, Rh10, Ki10), 0-0-0 (Me10, Rd10, Kc10)).
Castling may only be done if the emperor, the marshall and the rook have never moved, the squares between the king and the marshall involved are unoccupied, the king is not in check, and the king does not cross over or end on a square in which it would be in check.
The achievement of the ninth row by the emperor brings the victory.
15. The (stale)mate brings the victory. This rule take priority.
16. Waterloo has no draws. Repeating any position with the same order of move is prohibited. A player may not make a move if the resulting position is one that has previously occurred in the game with the same player to move. This is called repetition (千日手 sennichite).
Thirty ordinary inactive moves without any capture and promotion counting for each side independently mean defeat.
Other general rules of this game are identical with rules of classical chess [1].
Internet resources:
1. Chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
2. Chess.com.
http://www.chess.com/
3. Chaturanga.
http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/chaturanga.html
4. Omega Chess.
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/08/omega-chess.html
5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Grand chess.
1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_chess
6. Archchess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/arch.html
7. Pacific Chess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/pacific.html
8. Mideast Chess.
http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/mideast.html
9. Mastodon Chess (10x10).
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/mastodon.htm
10. Waterloo 百田棋 (5th edition).
http://chess-checkers-go.blogspot.com/2016/12/waterloo-5th-edition.html
11. Xiangqi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi
12. International Draughts.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_draughts
http://www.mindsports.nl/index.php/on-the-evolution-of-draughts-variants/draughts-variants/492-international-draughts
13. Саргин Д. И.
Древность игр в шашки и шахматы.
М., 1916. — XXIV, 350 экз., 396 с.
14. В. Ивановский, О. Свирин
Русские шахматы: Таврели.
Москва, "Русский путь", 2002 (104 с.)
http://tavreli.narod.ru/books.html
15. Playing card.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card
16. Wassily Kandinsky
Point and Line to Plane.
Dover Publications, New York.
