He aha ka Makruk Chess?
ʻO Makruk kahi ʻano chess i puka mai ma Thailand, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻano chess kahiko loa e pāʻani nei i kēia lā. Ua like ʻo Makruk me ka pāʻani India o chaturanga, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kupuna o ka chess hou. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Makruk ʻo ia ʻo Thai chess a i ʻole Siam chess.
ʻO kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o Makruk a me Western chess ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā ʻāpana. Ma Makruk, kau ʻia nā pawns i mua o nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, ma mua o ka lua o ka pae e like me ka chess Western. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻāpana i kahi ʻano like like, me ke aliʻi a me ke aliʻi wahine ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka papa, a me nā naita a me nā pīhopa ma nā ʻāpana like me kekahi.
ʻO kekahi ʻokoʻa nui ʻo ka hele ʻole o ke aliʻi wahine. He mōʻī wale nō ʻo Makruk, rook, naita, pīhopa a me nā pawns. Neʻe ka pīhopa ma ka diagonal, neʻe ka puʻu ma ka ʻaoʻao a me ke kū pololei a neʻe ka naita ma ke ʻano L.
Pehea e pāʻani ai iā Makruk?
No ka pāʻani ʻana iā Makruk, pono ʻoe i kahi papa chess maʻamau a me nā ʻāpana, akā me nā pawns i kau ʻia i mua o nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, a me ka mōʻīwahine ʻole. Hiki ke pāʻani i ka pāʻani me ka uaki chess, akā ʻaʻole pono.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka pāʻani e like me ka Western chess: e hoʻopaʻa i ke aliʻi o ka hoa paio. Eia naʻe, ma Makruk ʻaʻohe castling a hiki i nā pawns ke neʻe i mua i hoʻokahi ʻāpana i ka manawa, a hopu i ka diagonal.
Loaʻa ka pāʻani ma ka nānā ʻana i ke aliʻi o ka hoa paio, a i ʻole ma ka stalemate. Eia naʻe, inā ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mea pāʻani ke lanakila a huki ka pāʻani, he paʻi ia. ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻekolu a i ʻole ka lula he kanalima neʻe.
ʻO kahi hoʻolālā e noʻonoʻo ai i ka wā e pāʻani ai ʻo Makruk, ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala wikiwiki ʻana i kāu mau ʻāpana e hoʻomalu i ke kikowaena o ka papa, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu mau pawns e hoʻomalu i nā kīʻaha kī a me ka hana hoʻoweliweli i nā ʻāpana o kou hoa paio. ʻO kahi hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe ʻo ka hoʻohana pū ʻana i kāu rook a me ka pīhopa e hana i kahi ikaika hoʻouka kaua.
He mea nui hoʻi e ʻike i ka liʻiliʻi o ka neʻe ʻana o kāu mau ʻāpana. Ma Makruk, hiki i ka nele o ka mōʻīwahine ke paʻakikī i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli a hoʻokau i ke koʻikoʻi i kāu hoa paio. No laila, he mea nui e hoʻohana pono i kāu mau ʻāpana ʻē aʻe i mea e uku ai i ka hele ʻole o ke aliʻi wahine.