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Shatar (Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠰᠢᠲᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ Monggol sitar-a, "Mongolian shatranj"; a.k.a. shatar) and hiashatar are two chess variants played in Mongolia.

 

This article uses algebraic notationto describe chess moves.

[edit]Rules

The rules are similar to chess; the differences being that:^[1]

• The noyan (ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ, lord) does not castle.


• The küü (ᠬᠦᠦ, pawn) does not have an initial double-step move option, except for the queen's or King's pawn.
  
  
  
  • In old shatar rules, pawn that reaches its eighth rank must promote to half-power tiger. But pwan could step back to its sixth rank to promote to all-power tiger. It moves like Queen.^[2]
  
  
  
  


• The baras (ᠪᠠᠷᠰ or ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠰ, tiger; Persian: fers) moves like a promoted rook in shogi: Like a rook or one square diagonally. It was called half-power tiger or half-power lion in old shatar rules.^[2]
  
  
  
  • In modern shatar rules, baras move like Queen.^[2]
  
  
  
  


• The mori (ᠮᠣᠷᠢ) can not deliver mate.
  
  
  
  • In modern shatar rules, mori can deliver mate.^[2]
  
  
  
  


• The bishop (teme) and rook (terge) move as they do in standard chess.


• The game always starts with White playing 1.d4 and Black responding with 1...d5. This is the only time in the game the pawns may move two squares; some sources claim this initial move can optionally be done with the e-pawn.
  
  
  
  • In old shatar rules, Ujimqin^{[disambiguation needed]} player must make queen's pawn an initial double-step move; in Chahar^{[disambiguation needed]}, king's pawn.^[2]
  
  
  
  


• In old shatar rules, baremate is draw.^[2]


• In old shatar rules, one special rule is called tuuxəi, like Komi on Go. Player could make enemy left only two pieces(noyan and another piece) in the end . Then he must make starting check by terge or baras and consecutive check before chekmate. Before checkmate, number of consecutive Check is number of tuuxəi. If player win by common checkmate like chess, he only got one tuuxəi. Player usually made enemy left one noyan and one küü for having time to put his pieces to good positions to make consecutive Check.^[2]

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