Makruk

Makruk
ABCDEFGH
8
A8 black boat
B8 black horse
C8 black nobleman
D8 black seed
E8 black feudal
F8 black nobleman
G8 black horse
H8 black boat
A6 black cell
B6 black cell
C6 black cell
D6 black cell
E6 black cell
F6 black cell
G6 black cell
H6 black cell
A3 white cell
B3 white cell
C3 white cell
D3 white cell
E3 white cell
F3 white cell
G3 white cell
H3 white cell
A1 white boat
B1 white horse
C1 white nobleman
D1 white feudal
E1 white seed
F1 white nobleman
G1 white horse
H1 white boat
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
ABCDEFGH
Makruk starting position
Years activeUnknown, predates Sittuyin
Genres
Players2
Setup time< 1 minute
Playing timeFrom 20 minutes to several hours
ChanceNone
SkillsStrategy, tactics
SynonymsThai chess

Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGSmak ruk;[1] pronounced [màːk rúk]), or Thai chess (Thai: หมากรุกไทย; RTGSmak ruk thai; pronounced [màːk rúk tʰaj]), is a strategy board game that is descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and is therefore related to chess. It is part of the family of chess variants.[2]

In Cambodia, where basically the same game is played, it is known as ouk (Khmer: អុក, pronounced [ʔok]) or ouk chatrang (Khmer: អុកចត្រង្គ, pronounced [ʔok.caʔ.ˈtrɑŋ]).[3]

  1. ^ "หมากรุก". thai-language.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A History of Chess (Reissued ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-827403-3.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).