Makruk: Thai Chess

Thai Chess: A Digital Take on a Classic

Thai Chess is a board game played on an 8x8 grid, similar to traditional chess. The starting positions of the pieces largely mirror those in standard chess, with two key distinctions: the white queen begins on e1 and the white king on d1 (each king positioned to the left of its queen from the player's perspective); and pawns are initially placed on the third rank (white) and sixth rank (black).

Piece Movement:

King: Moves one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, as in standard chess. Castling is not permitted.

Queen: Moves only one square diagonally.

Rook: Moves any number of unoccupied squares horizontally or vertically.

Bishop: Moves one square diagonally in any direction or one square forward vertically.

Knight: Moves in an "L" shape: two squares vertically then one horizontally, or vice versa (identical to the Western chess knight).

Pawn: Moves one square forward vertically and captures one square diagonally forward, similar to Western chess pawns. Pawns promote to a queen upon reaching the sixth rank.

Winning the Game:

The objective, as in classical chess, is to checkmate the opponent's king. A stalemate results in a draw. The game can be enjoyed against AI, a local opponent on the same device, or an online player in multiplayer mode.