![]() New! Test Makruk Preset 2 and Test Makruk Preset 3 (Red and Black pieces) that enforce the rules (except for the Draw Counting rules) (the Promoted Pawns at a5 and a4 displayed in the Preset will be removed once the game begins) ![]() Upside down Pawns for Promoted Pawns (Biagai) are available. Makruk Preset 3 with western chess pieces, upside down Queens and Bishops (the pieces with non-orthodox movement). Makruk Preset 2 with Burmese Elephants for the Thai Bishops, White and Black pieces (or with Makruk Preset 1 with Alfaerie version of Japanese Silver Generals for the Thai Bishops Makruk is a chess variant that starts off as a war game between two sides with equal material, but which later on (in the end-game) incorporates concepts of pursuit and escape games (like Hnefatafl) as one player (the disadvantaged-side) becomes the defender and his/her goal turns from pursuing to checkmate, into escaping from a checkmate by the stronger side (the attacker), by means of special counting rules that aim to force a draw to end the pursuit. It is regarded as the most similar living game to the common ancestor of all chess variants: Chaturanga (very closely resembling Davidson's variation). ![]() Makruk is the variant of chess most played in Thailand. This page contains one or more presets for playing a game online with Game Courier, an online server for playing Chess variants by correspondence. Makruk and Sittyuin with Zillions-of-Games.Thai Chess: the Checkmate of the Arabs in Mak Rok Thai.Thai Chess - The Fool's mate in Makruk Thai.
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