Thai Chess

Thai Chess /or in Thai "Makruk"/ is a variant of the International chess but mostly practiced in Thailand. Thai Chess is related both to Japanese and Burmese versions of chess. It is one of the most popular hobbies for people and mostly children. Thai Chess is a little more complicated from the International chess. Some of the pieces have different functions and range. The board is all the same colour and 8X8 squares and the pieces are a bit different. They are shaped like Thai temples. Although Thai Chess can be played with a regular /International/ chess board and set of pieces. The object is to mate the opponent's King.

Allowed moves of the pieces according to thai chess rules:

- The king, rook and knight move as in ordinary chess.
- There are no castles.
- The queen moves one square diagonally.
- The bishop moves one square straight forward or one square diagonally.
- The pawn moves as a normal pawn, but may not make a double step on its first move. When it reaches the sixth row, it promotes to a Makruk queen.