Initial arrangement of figures
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10
A10 black rook
B10 black knight
C10 black bishop
D10 black hia
E10 black king
F10 black queen
G10 black hia
H10 black bishop
I10 black knight
J10 black rook
A9 black pawn
B9 black pawn
C9 black pawn
D9 black pawn
E9 black pawn
F9 black pawn
G9 black pawn
H9 black pawn
I9 black pawn
J9 black pawn
A2 white pawn
B2 white pawn
C2 white pawn
D2 white pawn
E2 white pawn
F2 white pawn
G2 white pawn
H2 white pawn
I2 white pawn
J2 white pawn
A1 white rook
B1 white knight
C1 white bishop
D1 white hia
E1 white king
F1 white queen
G1 white hia
H1 white bishop
I1 white knight
J1 white rook
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55
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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.

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.
  1. "Mongolian Chess". www.geocities.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. "The Chess Variant Pages: Hiashatar".
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