How To Play Myanmar Traditional Chess

How To Play Myanmar Traditional Chess
Chapter 1: The nature and objectives of the game of Myanmar Traditional Chess
1.1 The game of Myanmar Traditional Chess is played between two opponents who move their pieces alternately on a square board called a 'chessboard'. 1.2 The player with the red pieces commences the game. He shall set the initial position of his own side first and then the player with the black pieces shall set the initial position of the other side. After setting the position, no player is allowed to correct the position again. 1.3 Allowance time for setting the pieces shall be 5 minutes each unless no special condition is mentioned before the game. 1.4 If it is played under time control, the player with the red pieces shall set the initial position while his clock is running. After setting the red pieces, the clock of the player with the red pieces shall stop and the player with the black pieces shall set his initial position on his own time. After setting the pieces of both sides, then the players shall stop their clocks. 1.5 After setting the pieces and the completion of the setting is confirmed by both players, the game is started. 1.6 A player is said to 'have the move', when his opponent's move has been made.
1.7 The objective of each player is to place the opponent's king 'under attack' in such a way that the opponent has no legal move. The player who achieves this goal is said to have 'checkmated' the opponent's king and to have won the game. 1.8 Leaving ones own king under attack, exposing ones own king to attack and also capturing the opponents king are not allowed. 1.9 1.10 The player whose king has been checkmated has lost the game. If the position is such that neither player can possibly checkmate, the game is drawn.
Chapter 2: The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard
Maung Maung Lwin (Sittu-yin)

The chessboard
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The chessboard is composed of an 8x8 grid of 64 equal light-coloured squares with two diagonal lines drawn clearly.
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The pieces
At the beginning of the game one player has 16 red pieces; the other has 16 black pieces: These pieces are as follows:
A red king, usually indicated by the symbol
A red general, usually indicated by the symbol
Two red rooks, usually indicated by the symbol
Two red elephants, usually indicated by the symbol
Two red knights, usually indicated by the symbol
Eight red pawns, usually indicated by the symbol
A black king, usually indicated by the symbol
A black general, usually indicated by the symbol
Two black rooks, usually indicated by the symbol
Two black elephants, usually indicated by the symbol
Two black knights, usually indicated by the symbol
Eight black pawns, usually indicated by the symbol 2.3 2.3.1 The initial position The initial position of the pawns on the chessboard is fixed as shown below:
2.3.2 It is allowed to place the king, general, elephants and knights freely on the ones side behind the pawns according to the players wish. 2.3.3 The rooks are allowed to place only at the back rank.
2.3.4 The eight vertical columns of squares are called files. The eight horizontal rows of squares are called ranks. A straight line of squares touching corner to corner is called a diagonal.
Chapter 3: The moves of the pieces 3.1 It is not permitted to move a piece to a square occupied by a piece of the same colour.
3.2 If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent's piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. A piece is said to attack an opponent's piece if the piece could make a capture on that square according to Articles 3.4 to 3.9. 3.3 A piece is considered to attack a square, even if such a piece is constrained from moving to that square because it would then leave or place the king of its own colour under attack. 3.4 The general may move to adjoining diagonal square. It means that the most squares to choose for moving the general is only four.
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The rook may move to any square along the file or the rank on which it stands.
3.6 The elephant may move to any adjoining diagonal squares and front square. It means that the most squares to choose for moving the elephant is only five.
3.7 When making these moves, the general, rook or elephant may not move over any intervening pieces. 3.8 The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal.
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The pawn may move forward to the unoccupied square immediately in front of it on the same file, or b. the pawn may move to a square occupied by an opponent's piece, which is diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, capturing that piece.
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c. c.1 Promotion
When a pawn reaches one of the promotion squares, the diagonal squares of the opponent side, it can be exchanged for a general of the same colour provided the general of the same colour no longer exists on the board. The existence of the two generals of the same colour is not allowed. This exchange of a pawn for general is called 'promotion'.
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The promotion can be made right on the promotion square on which the pawn stands or one of the four adjoining diagonal squares.
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Even a pawn is qualified to be promoted, the promotion is not allowed at once just after reaching the promotion square. It can get the promotion on the next move or later of the same player. The promotion shall not be made in the direct-attacking position to the opponent piece by newly-promoted general. The promotion shall not be made in the check position to the opponent king by newlypromoted general or discovered check position by its rook.
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When only a pawn is left on the board, the promotion can be made according to the players wish. He has the right to take the promotion after the removal of second last pawn as well as to take after moving the pawn or not to take the promotion. When no other pieces but only a pawn is left on the board and it has no square to move and forming the stale-mate position, the player has the right not to take promotion and claim the draw. Then the game is decided as a draw. The opponent cannot force to take the promotion in order to avoid the stale-mate position.
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3.10 The king can move to any adjoining square not attacked by one or more of the opponent's pieces.
3.11 The king is said to be 'in check' if it is attacked by one or more of the opponent's pieces, even if such pieces are constrained from moving to that square because they would then leave or place their own king in check. No piece can be moved that will either expose the king of the same colour to check or leave that king in check.
Chapter 4: The act of moving the pieces 4.1 Each move must be made with one hand only.
4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying "j'adoube" or "I adjust"), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares. 4.3 Except as provided in Article 4.2, if the player having the move deliberately touches on the chessboard a. one or more of his own pieces, he must move the first piece touched that can be moved, or b. one or more of his opponent's pieces, he must capture the first piece touched, which can be captured, or c. one piece of each colour, he must capture the opponent's piece with his piece or, if this is illegal, move or capture the first piece touched which can be moved or captured. If it is unclear, whether the players own piece or his opponents was touched first, the player's own piece shall be considered to have been touched before his opponent's. If none of the pieces touched can be moved or captured, the player may make any legal move.
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When, as a legal move or part of a legal move, a piece has been released on a square, it cannot then be moved to another square. The move is considered to have been made when all the relevant requirements of Article 3 have been fulfilled a. in the case of a capture, when the captured piece has been removed from the chessboard and the player, having placed his own piece on its new square, has released this capturing piece from his hand;
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b. in the case of the promotion of a pawn, when the pawn has been removed from the chessboard and the player's hand has released the new piece after placing it on the promotion square. If the player has released from his hand the pawn that has reached the promotion square, the move is not yet made, but the player no longer has the right to play the pawn to another square.
4.6 A player forfeits his right to a claim against his opponent's violation of Article 4.3 or 4.4 once he deliberately touches a piece.
Chapter 5: The completion of the game 5.1 a. The game is won by the player who has checkmated his opponent's king. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was a legal move. b. The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game. 5.2 a. The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in 'stalemate'. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was legal. b. The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent's king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a dead position. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the position was legal. (See Article 9.5) c. The game is drawn upon agreement between the two players during the game. This immediately ends the game. (See Article 9.1) d. The game may be drawn if each player has made at least the last 50 consecutive moves without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. (See Article 9.2) e. As soon as a player has only a king left on his side, the number of pieces belong to the opponent shall be observed. The game may be drawn if the player having only a king (lone king) left on his side can manage to escape in a number of fixed moves (move count shall be done starting from the very first move of lonely king) against the opponent of having particular pieces shown below: Lone King vs. King & A Rook 16 moves Lone King vs. King & An Elephant & A General 44 moves Lone King vs. King & A Knight & A General 64 moves
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Chapter 6: Algebraic notation Myanmar Chess Federation recognizes for its own tournaments and matches only one system of notation, the Algebraic System, and recommends the use of this uniform chess notation also for chess literature and periodicals. Scoresheets using a notation system other than algebraic may not be used as evidence in cases where normally the scoresheet of a player is used for that purpose. An arbiter who observes that a player is using a notation system other than the algebraic should warn the player about of this requirement. Description of the Algebraic System 6.1 In this description, "piece" means a piece other than a pawn.
6.2 Each piece is indicated by the first letter, a capital letter, of its name. Example: K = king, G = general, R = rook, E = elephant, N = knight. (In the case of the knight, for the sake of convenience, N is used.) 6.3 In printed periodicals, the use of figurines for the pieces is recommended.
6.4 Pawns are not indicated by their first letter, but are recognised by the absence of such a letter. Examples: e5, d4, a5. 6.5. The eight files (from left to right for Red and from right to left for Black) are indicated by the small letters, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h, respectively. 6.6 The eight ranks (from bottom to top for Red and from top to bottom for Black) are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectively. Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
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6.7 As a consequence of the previous rules, each of the sixty-four squares is invariably indicated by a unique combination of a letter and a number.
6.8 Each move of a piece is indicated by (a) the first letter of the name of the piece in question and (b) the square of arrival. There is no hyphen between (a) and (b). Examples: Ee5, Nf3, Rd1. In the case of pawns, only the square of arrival is indicated. Examples: e5, d4, a5. 6.9 When a piece makes a capture, an x is inserted between (a) the first letter of the name of the piece in question and (b) the square of arrival. Examples: Bxe5, Nxf3, Rxd1. When a pawn makes a capture, the file of departure must be indicated, then an x, then the square of arrival. Examples: dxe5, gxf3, axb5. 6.10 If two identical pieces can move to the same square, the piece that is moved is indicated as follows: 1. If both pieces are on the same rank: by (a) the first letter of the name of the piece, (b) the file of the square of departure, and (c) the square of arrival. 2. If both pieces are on the same file: by (a) the first letter of the name of the piece, (b) the rank of the square of departure, and (c) the square of arrival. 3. If the pieces are on different ranks and files, method (1) is preferred. In the case of capture, an x must be inserted between (b) and (c). Examples: There are two knights, on the squares g1 and e1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Ngf3 or Nef3, as the case may be. There are two knights, on the squares g5 and g1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either N5f3 or N1f3, as the case may be. There are two knights, on the squares h2 and d4, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Nhf3 or Ndf3, as the case may be. If a capture takes place on the square f3, the previous examples are changed by the insertion of an x: (1) either Ngxf3 or Nexf3, (2) either N5xf3 or N1xf3, (3) either Nhxf3 or Ndxf3, as the case may be. 6.11 If two pawns can capture the same piece or pawn of the opponent, the pawn that is moved is indicated by (a) the letter of the file of departure, (b) an x, (c) the square of arrival. Example: If there are white pawns on squares c4 and e4 and a black pawn or piece on the square d5, the notation for White's move is either cxd5 or exd5, as the case may be.
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6.12 In the case of the promotion of a pawn, the actual pawn move is indicated, followed immediately by the first letter of the new piece (General). Examples: b7-a8G. 6.13 The offer of a draw shall be marked as (=).
Essential abbreviations: x captures + check ++ or #checkmate
Chapter 7: Opening Set-up Positions There are many opening setup positions created by Myanmar Traditional Chess experts in the past. Among these, there are eight fundamental and earliest positions for the red and the black. Even though no records and evidences were found, it is believed that they are created by U Pe Hsaung, traditional chess teacher of PANN TA NAW U Maung Kalay. They were shown in the earliest book on Myanmar Traditional Chess Myanmar Sitbayin Lam Nyun Sar Oak Gyi by Shwe Kyin U Ba as below. 1. Mingyi Pone Opening 2. Myinn Hsett Opening 3. Myinn Shin Opening 4. Myinn Chate Opening 5. Myinn Htup Opening 6.Myinn Khwa Opening 7. Ah Twinn Sit Ke Paut Opening 8. Hsin Shin Myinn Khwa Opening 1. Mingyi Pone Opening
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Main Idea Strategy the connecting
- Hiding king. - Hide the king in the safe place in order to avoid the early counter attack. - Place two elephants beside the king to guard front squares as well as king. - Control the opening square for the general with two knights. - Put two rooks in adjoining squares to get the advantages on two files.
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Myinn Hsett Opening
Main Idea Strategy
- Linking knights. - Place the king at the strategic square close to the general to support the attack. - Place two elephants balancing for attack and defence. - Link two knights for better mobility in attacking. - Put two rooks in adjoining squares to get the advantages on two connecting files.

3. Myinn Shin Opening
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Main Idea Strategy
- Parallel knights.
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- Place the king at the strategic square close to the general to support the attack. - Place two elephants balancing for attack and defence. - Place two knights in two connecting-squares of second rank to control centre. - Put one rook to be ready for opening file while placing another at centre. Myinn Chate Opening
Main Idea Strategy
- Knights on adjoining diagonal squares.
- Place the king near the right corner to make more space for the power pieces. - Place two elephants balancing for attack and defence. - Control the opening square for the general with two knights. - Place the rooks fairly to control the most area of the board. 5. Myinn Htup Opening
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Main Idea Strategy
- Double knights. - Place the king near the right corner to make more space for the power pieces. - Place two elephants balancing for attack and defence. - Place two knights in same file for guarding the king as well as attacking. - Put the rooks in important centre squares
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Myinn Khwa Opening
Main Idea Strategy
- Fork knights. - Place the king at the strategic square close to the general to support the attack. - Place two elephants balancing for attack and defence. - Place two knights in centre squares for better mobility. - Put one rook to be ready for opening file while placing another at centre.
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Ah Twinn Sit Ke Paut Opening
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Main Idea Strategy
- Keeping the general inside. - Place the general at another square adjoining to the opening square for safety. - Place the king in the back rank to create more space for the pieces. - Place two elephants fairly for attack and defence. - Place two knights in double position at the centre file to control the centre.
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Hsin Shin Myinn Khwa Opening
Main Idea Strategy
- Parallel elephants and fork knights. - Place the king near the right corner to make more space for the power pieces. - Place two elephants at two connecting squares of third rank for attacking. - Place two knights in centre squares for better mobility. - Put the rooks in centre to be ready for attacking.
In addition, there are many famous opening setup positions frequently used by the players. Since there are 519,792 positions to be set up, it is almost impossible to show all of them here. A few positions are mentioned below just to introduce some opening ideas.
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Kyell Opening [ Opening of U Maung Kalay ]
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Hsin Khwa Myinn Khwa Sit Ke Hlwel Opening [ Opening of U Maung Kalay ]
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Hsin Chate Myinn Kyell Opening [ Opening of U Khar Let @ U Car Late ]
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Hsin Hsett Myinn Hsett Opening [ Opening of U Maung Kalay ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Htup Opening [ Opening of U Her Met ]
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Hsin Chate Myinn Chate Opening [ Opening of U Her Met ]
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Hsin Chate Myinn Chate Opening [ Opening of U Her Met ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Shin Opening [ Opening of U Sein Hinn - 1923 ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Htup Opening [ Opening of U Her Met ]
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Hsin Shin Myinn Htup Opening [ Opening of U Her Met ]
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Hsin Shin Myinn Chate Opening [ Opening of Maung Ba Yee - 1 July, 1922 ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Khwa Opening [ Opening of U Tun Nyein ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Chate Opening [ Opening of U Tun Nyein ]
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Hsin Khwa Myinn Shin Opening [ Opening of Pon Narr Sayar Nyunt ]
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Sa Linn Opening [ Opening of U Ba Pe - 20 July, 1922 ]
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Hsin Khwa Myinn Kyell Opening [ Opening of U Boe Mya ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Kyell Opening [ Opening of U Ba Pe ]
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Hsin Chate Myinn Chate Mingyi Pone Opening [ Opening of U Hmat ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Chate Opening [ Opening of U Tun Nyein ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Kyell Opening [ Opening of U Tun Nyein ]
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Hsin Kyell Myinn Kyell Opening
Above positions (9-31) are also included in that book Myanmar Sitbayin Lam Nyun Sar Oak Gyi by Shwe Kyin U Ba .
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Hsin Shin Myinn Shin Opening
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Hsin Shin Myinn Chate Opening
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Hsin Shin Myinn Htup Opening
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Hsin Chate Myinn Khwa Opening
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Hsin Shin Myinn Shin Opening
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Hsin Shin Myinn Chate Opening
38. Hsin Khwa Myinn Khwa Opening
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Chapter 8: The Check Mate Positions Many mating patterns can be found in Myanmar Traditional Chess. They were kept in mind and relayed from generation to generation through playing and memorizing. It is a pity not having the records of the game played in the early days of Myanmar history. Some literature works by the famous ancient authors have shown us about Myanmar Traditional Chess being played among the many walks of lives in the respective eras. We have to appreciate the well-done book by Shwe Kyin U Ba in which he tried to introduce the recording of the game and notation system. 1. Mate by rook and king It is necessary to get the support by a piece or pieces to check mate the lonely king. By eliminating and the reducing the movable squares of that king, it is forced to go to the last rank or file where he has to take fully rest.
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If the king is flanked by the rooks or knights or both which are unable to protect the square just right in front of the king, we can see the beautiful check mate positions shown below. It is also possible to be caught in the corner flanked by a piece of same colour.
2. Mate by two rooks The power of two rooks is enough to check mate the lonely king without any support from its own king. The check mate position shown below is called Ra Htar Leim in Myanmar Tradition Chess terms.
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When two rooks are placed double in the same rank of file, their power is unstoppable. The beautiful check mate position shown below is the example.
3. Mate by rook and knight
When the lonely king reaches the corner square, it is possible to check mate by the knight while the rook restricts the kings movement.
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4. Mate by rook and elephant Since the elephant has the power to control 3 front squares, it can take the king check mate the lonely king as shown below. position to
Elephant can also post a check mate on the opponents king of standing on the corner square right in front of it with the support by a rook.
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While the opponent king sitting on the last rank square to avoid the elephants tusks since the elephant has the weakness of not-able-to-control-the-back-square, the elephant needs the help from the king in order to check mate the opponent king.
5. Mate by rook and general This position is very simple and similar to the position shown above, just changing the piece: general taking the elephants square.
6. Mate by elephant and king Being able to control 3 front squares, the elephant can post a check mate position to the opponent king at the last rank by using the tusks. The king must be together with the elephant too.
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7. Mate by two elephants Like the two rooks working together, two elephants are very strong while they are in good connection and making a combined attack against the opponent king. Some check mate positions are shown below.
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8. Mate by elephant and general
If the opponent king is hanging at his last rank, the operation is a lot easier. It can be seen in the below position.
It is also possible to check mate the opponent king who is trying hard to escape in the back of the elephant. It needs accurate calculation as well as patience.
9. Mate by elephant and knight It looks not difficult to do, but it is necessary for moving the knight precisely to restrict the area of the opponent king. Once the kings moves are limited, the final curtain is not far away.
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Mate by knight and general
Even in international chess where the bishops are able to move many squares diagonally, the experiences have shown us that many players are not able to check mate the opponent king within 50 moves. So the difficulty can be guessed how to get it done in Myanmar Traditional Chess where the general has only one diagonal move. But with the help of beautiful knight moves, the opponent king has to walk into the dead-end road of no return.
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Mate by two knights
In fact, it is impossible to force the check mate against the lonely king by two knights. It cannot be found at the high level tournaments, but it can still happen at the low level games as well as blitz games.
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Mate by pawn
Supported by the other piece or pieces, pawn can also check mate the opponent king. It may not happen many times in actual play, it has the chances to appear depending on the positions. The king may be sad to get killed by the weakest piece on the board. Chess in a part of the human life and sometimes it can reflect the nature of the world.
They are the basic check mate positions and just to show as the examples. It can vary a little while playing the game. But it is useful for the players to know such samples so that they can drive or avoid on the board depending on which side they are standing 13. Summary of Check Mate Positions
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Chapter 9: Construction of The Check Mates At a glance, check mates look easy to be performed. But under the time pressure, it is a hard work to do so within the limited number of moves. Even in the international chess on many occasions, bishop and knight cannot mate the opponent king within 50 moves and many games of this kind end up in draw. So it is definitely uphill-task for the players to check mate the opponent king with less powerful pieces of Myanmar Traditional Chess. Then it is essential to learn and practice to mate with various forces. Some techniques are shown here as the examples and they are useful for the players to save the time as well as the moves. 9.1 Mate by a rook
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1.Ke3 Kd5 2.Rc2 Kd6 3.Ke4 Ke6 4.Rc6+ Kd7 5.Kd5 Ke7 6.Ra6 Kf7 7.Ke5 Kg7 8.Kf5 Kh7 9.Rg6 Kh8 10.Rg1 Kh7 11.Kf6 Kh8 12.Kf7 Kh7 13.Rh1# 9.2 Mate by an elephant and a general It is possible to check mate in many positions. If the opponent king is in front of the elephant, the mate is easy to be done since the elephant can control the three front squares. An example can be seen below.
1.Ec3 Kf7 2.Ed4 Kg7 3.Kg5 Kf7 4.Gc4 Ke7 5.Kg6 Ke6 6.Gd5+ Kd7 7.Ec5 Kd8 8.Kf7 Kc7 9.Gc6 Kd8 10.Eb6 Kc8 11.Ke7 Kb8 12.Gd7 Ka8 13.Kd6 Kb8 14.Kc6 Ka8 15.Kb5 Kb8 16.Ka6 Ka8 17.Eb7# If the opponent king is not in the front, remember to drive the king to the corner where the general can check. It is very difficult to check mate in the tail side of the elephant, but the coming diagram shows the possibility to catch the king by accurate and beautiful combination of elephant and general.
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1.Kf2 Kh2 2.Gg4 Kh1 3.Ef4 Kh2 4.Ef5 Kh1 5.Ee4 Kh2 6.Ef3 Kh1 7.Eg2+ Kh2 8.Ef1 Kh1 9.Ke3 Kh2 10.Kf3 Kg1 11.Ee2 Kh1 12.Kg3 Kg1 13.Gh3 Kh1 14.Kf2 Kh2 15.Gg4 Kh1 16.Ef3 Kh2 17.Ef4 Kh1 18.Gf3 Kh2 19.Eg3+ Kh3 20.Gg4#
9.3 Mate by a knight and a general
1.Ng6 Kh2 2.Nf4 Kg1 3.Gg4 Kf1 4.Ng2 Kg1 5.Ne3 Kh2 6.Kf2 Kh1 7.Kg3 Kg1 8.Gf3 Kh1 9.Nf1 Kg1 10.Nh2 Kh1 11.Gg2+ Kg1 12.Nf3#
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Chapter 10: Selected Instructive Games (1) Red : U Tun Tun (MANDALAY) Black : U Aung Kyaw Aye (AYEYARWADDY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (25/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Gf3 Rc1,d1 Ec2,g3 Ne2,e3 Atwinn Sit Ke Myinn Htup Hsin Kyell Black : Kc7 Gd6 Re8,g8 Ec6,e7 Nd7,f7 Myinn Khwa
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1.d4 g5 2.hg hg 3.f5 Nb6 4.Ef2 c4 5.a4 cb 6.Eb3 ba 7.Ec2 ef 8.ef Ge5 9.Ed3 Gf4 10.Nc2 Nd6 11.Na3 Nb5 12.Nb5 Eb5 13.Rb1 Ec4 14.Ge4 de4 15.Ed4 Ed6 16.E2f3 Re7 17.d5 Edd5 18.Rb6 Ee4 19.Re6 Re6 20.fe6 Ee3 21.Nd4 Ed4 22.Rd4 Eb5 23.Ee4 Ge5 24.Rd7+ Kb6 25.Ed5 Rh8 26.c4 Eb4 0-1 (2) Red : U Soe Tint (AYEYARWADDY) Black : U Tun Tun (MANDALAY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon.(25/10/2009) Red : Ka2 Gf3 Rc1,d1 Eb2,c2 Ne2,e3 Atwinn Sit Ke Hsin Shin Myinn Htup Mingyi Pone Black : Kb7 Gc6 Re8,f8 Ec7,d6 Nb6,d7 Atwinn Sit Ke Myinn Hsett Hsin Hsett
1.b4 ab 2.ab c4 3.Ng3 e5 4.Ng2 ef 5.Nf4 g5 6.Nfh5 Ne5 7.dc Nbc4 8.Rf1 Ra8+ 9.Ea3 Ra3+ 10.Kb1 Rfa8 0-1
(3) Red : Dr Myo Nyunt (RAKHINE) Black : U Ye Htut (BAGO) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (25/10/2009) Red : Kh3 Gf3 Rc1,d1 Ee3,f2 Ne2,g3 Atwinn Sit Ke Myinn Hsett Black : Kb7 Gd6 Rd8,f8 Eb6,e7 Nc6,c7 Myinn Htup
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1.f5 g5 2.fe de 3.Ge4 Ge5 4.d4 Gf4 5.d5 Nb8 6.ef4 gf4 7.Nf4 Rfe8 8.Nf5 Ed6 9.Ef3 c4 10.b4 Ee5 11.Ng6 Ne6 12.de6 Rd1 13.Rd1 Re6 14.Gd5 Re8 15.Ne5 Re5 16.Ef4 Rf5 17.Ef5 Ec7 18.Ef6 Nd7 19.g5 Nb6 20.Ee5 Na4 21.Ed4 ab 22.ab Ed6 23.Rf1 h5 24.Rf7+ Kc8 25.Gc6 Nb6 26.Kg3 Kd8 27.Rb7 Nc8 28.Rd7+ Ke8 29.Rh7 Kd8 30.Gb5 Ne7 31.Gc4 Ke8 32.Rh5 Kf7 33.Rh8 Ng8 34.Rh7+ Ke8 35.Kf4 Ne7 36.h5 Kf8 1-0 (4) Red : U Tun Aung (AYEYARWADDY) Black : U Ko Ko Gyi (MANDALAY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (25/10/2009) Red : Kf2 Ge3 Rc1,d1 Ec2,f3 Ne2,g3 Myinn Hsett Black : Kb7 Gd6 Rd8,f8 Eb6,e7 Nc6,c7 Myinn Htup
1.h5 g5 2.f5 b4 3.d4 bc 4.ed ed 5.Ec3 Ge5 6.Rb1 Ed6 7.a4 cd 8.Gd4 Gd4 9.Nd4 Nd4 10.Ed4 Ebc5 11.Ne2 Ed4 12.Nd4 Ec5 13.b4 ab 14.Ee2 Ra8 15.Ee3 Ra4 16.Nb3 Ra2+ 17.Kf3 Ec4 18.Nd4 Na6 19.Ne6 Ra8 20.Ed4 Kc6 21.Rbc1 Kd6 22.Ee3 Ec3 23.Ed4 Ed4 24.Nd4 Nc7 25.Rd3 R8a3 - (5) Red
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Black : U Soe Min Kyaw (TANINTHARYEE) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (26/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Ge3 Rc1,e1 Ed2,g3 Nf2,f3 Myinn Htup Black : Kc7 Gd6 Re8,g8 Ec6,e7 Nd7,f7 Myinn Khwa
1.g5 e5 2.gf Ef6 3.d4 de 4.Ne4 Ef5 5.Nf2 e4 6.Nh2 Nf6 7.c4 bc 8.bc cd 9.Gd4 d5 10.fg hg 11.Kh3 Rh8 12.Nhg4 Nh5 13.Ne3 Ng3 14.Kg3 Ef4 15.Kg2 gh 16.Nd5 ed5 17.cd Kd8 18.Ne4 Rhg8+ 19.Kf2 Rg4 20.Ed3 Reg8 21.Ke2 Ge5 22.Kd2 R8g6 23.Kc3 Ef3 24.Nc5 Gd4+ 25.Ed4 Nd6 26.Ne6+ Re6 27.Re6 Nb5+ 28.Kc4 Nd4 29.Rf6 Ne2 30.Kc5 Nc1 31.Rf3 a4 32.Kd6 Ke8 33.Ge6 Nb3 34.Gd7+ 1-0
(6) Red : U Win Naing (MAGWAY) Black : U Moun Moun Latt (YANGON) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (26/10/2009) Red : Kc2 Ge3 Rf1,g1 Eb2,d2 Ne2,f3 Mingyi Pone Black : Kc7 Gd6 Re8,f8 Ec6,f7 Nb6,d7 Myinn Hsett
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1.g5 e5 2.gf de 3.de ef 4.Nf4 Re4 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.Nf2 Re8 7.Nh2 a4 8.b4 Nc4 9.Nd1 Ed5 10.Ng4 Ng4 11.Rg4 Ee4 12.Rgf4 Ef5 13.R4f2 E7e6 14.bc Gc5 15.Ed3 Nb6 16.Gd4 Gd6 17.Ne3 h5 18.Ec1 Ed5 19.Nf5 gf5 20.Rf5 Rf5 21.Rf5 Kc6 22.h5 Nd7 23.Rh6 Rf8 24.Ed2 Rf2 25.Kd1 Rh2 26.Ee3 Kc7 27.Rh7 Ra2 28.Ed2 Ra3 29.Ec1 Ra2 30.E1c2 Ra1+ 31.Kd2 Rg1 32.Ed1 Rg6 33.E1e2 Kc6 34.h5 Re6 35.Kc2 Gc5 36.Ed1 b4 37.Kb2 Gd4 38.cd4 Nb6 39.E1c2 Rd6 40.Rg7 Ed4 41.Rg6 Ee5 42.Rd6 Kd6 43.Gg4 Kd5 44.Gf3 Nd7 45.Ed1 Nc5 46.E1d2 Ef4 47.Ge2 Nb7 48.Ee1 Ee3 49.Gf3 Nc5 - (7) Red : U Kyaw Kyaw Soe (YANGON) Black : U Khin Maung Lay (MAGWAY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (26/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Ge3 Rd1,f1 Ee2,g3 Nf2,f3 Myinn Htup Pon Pyaung Black : Kb6 Gd6 Re8,g8 Ec6,e7 Nd7,f7 Myinn Khwa
1.g5 hg 2.hg b4 3.ab ab 4.cb de 5.bc+ Gc5 6.de e5 7.fe fe 8.Ed3 Nd6 9.Ec4 Nc4 10.bc4 Ed6 11.Ng4 Ref8 12.Rb1+ Kc7 13.Ra1 Ra8 14.Ef2 Ra1 15.Ra1 Rb8 16.Nf6 Nf6 17.gf6 Rf8 18.Rh1 Rf6 19.Rh7+ Ecd7 20.Rg7 Kc6 21.Eg3 Ee6 22.Eg4 Rf7 23.Rg6 Kd7 24.Ng5 Re7 25.Kf3 Gd4 26.Rh6 Ge3 27.Ke3 Ge5 28.Ef5+ Ef5 29.ef5 Gf6+ 30.Ne6 Ee5 31.Kd3 Kc6 32.Rh8 Rd7+ 33.Kc3 Ee4 34.Ra8 Kd6 35.Ra6+ Ke5 36.Nc5 Re7 37.Ra8 Kf5 38.Gc4 -
(8) Red : U Soe Tint (AYEYARWADDY) Black : U Sein Myint Aung (TANINTHARYEE) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (27/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Gf3 Rc1,d1 Eb2,f2 Ne2,e3 Atwinn Sit Ke Pauk Black : Kb7 Gd6 Rd8, f8 Eb6, c7 Nc6, Nc7 Myinn Chate
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1.ed ed 2.d4 b4 3.c4 Nd4 4.cd Ne2 5.Ge2 Ge5 6.fe5 fe5 7.Gf3 Ed6 8.Ge4 Nb5 9.a4 Nd4 10.Rd2 Rf7 11.Rf1 Rdf8 12.Ef3 h5 13.R2f2 c4 14.bc Ebc5 15.Ee2 Rf4 16.Ed3 hg 17.Rf4 ef 18.Ng4 f3 19.Kg3 Kc7 20.Rd1 Ne2 21.Ee2 fe 22.Rd2 Kb6 23.Eb3 Rf1 24.Gd3 Rc1 25.Gc2 Rg1 26.Kf3 Rh1 27.Re2 Rh4 28.Re6 g5 29.Nf6 Rf4 30.Ke3 Kc7 31.Ne4 Kd7 32.Ng5 Rg4 33.Ne4 Rg7 34.Gd3 1-0
(9) Red : U Ko Ko Gyi (MANDALAY) Black : U Khin Maung Latt (YAKHINE) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (27/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Gf3 Rc1, d1 Ee3, f2 Ne2, g3 Atwinn Sit Ke Myinn Set Black : Kb7 Gd6 Rd8, f8 Eb6, c6 Nc7, e7 Hsin Shin Myinn Khwa
1.g4 hg 2.hg f4 3.e5 Ge5 4.fe5 f4 5.Ef4 b4 6.Ge4 bc 7.Rc3 d4 8.Rc1 Nb5 9.a4 Nc7 10.Ef3 Na6 11.Nh1 Ka7 12.Nf2 Rf8 13.Rh1 Ec7 14.Rh7 Rfe8 15.Ng4 Ng8 16.Eg3 Re7 17.Rch1 Rh7 18.Rh7 Rb3 19.Rg7 Rb8 20.Nf4 Re8 21.Ng6 Kb6 22.Nf4 Nb8 23.Eh4 Ed7 24.Eh5 Ed8 25.Eg6 Ne7 26.Ne6 Rh8 27.Ef7 Ec7 28.Nd7 Nd7 29.Ee6 Ne5 30.Ee7 Nc6 31.Nd5 1-0 (10) Red
: U Soe Min Kyaw (TANINTHARYEE)

Black : U Aung Kyaw Aye (AYEYARWADDY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (27/10/2009) Red : Kf1 Gf3 Rc1,d1 Ec2,f2 Ne2,e3 Atwinn Sit Ke Pauk Black : Kb6 Gd6 Rc8,f8 Ec6,e7 Nd7,f7 Myinn Khwa
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1.d4 c4 2.a4 Nd8 3.Rb1 Ka6 4.f5 Nb6 5.ab Eb5 6.fe Ee6 7.ed Nd5 8.bc Ne3 9.Ee3 Ec4 10.Ge4 Rf7 11.Gd3 Eb5 12.Eb3 Rb7 13.Ra1 f5 14.gf Ef5 15.Ke1 Kb6 16.Rdb1 Kc7 17.c4 Eb4 18.Ea4 Kd7 19.Eb5 Ke8 20.Kd2 Re7 21.Rf1 h5 22.Rae1 Nf7 23.Ng3 Rd8 24.Ec6 Nh6 25.Ge4 Ee6 26.Ed5 Ng4 27.Ef4 Ed5 28.Gd5 Re1 29.Re1 Kd7 30.Ne4 Rf8 31.Ee3 Rf3 32.c5 Ge7 33.Re2 Rh3 34.Ge6 Kc6 35.d5 Kb5 36.Ed4 Kc4 37.Ee3 Ne5 38.Rg2 Ng4 39.Ng3 Gf6 40.Ee4 Ec3 41.Ke2 Ed4 42.Kf3 Ge5 43.Rc2 0-1 (11) Red : U Saw Kyaw Nyein (TANINTHARYEE) Black : U Ko Ko Gyi (MANDALAY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (28/10/2009) Red : Kg2 Ge3 Rc1, e1 Ed2, g3 Nf2, f3 Black : Kc7 Gd6 Re8, g8 Ec6, e7 Nd7, f7
Myinn Htup Myinn Khwa
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1.g5 e5 2.b4 ab 3.ab c4 4.gf Ef6 5.fe Ge5 6.Gd4 cd 7.Ed3 h5 8.Ra1 Ra8 9.Kf1 Ra1 10.Ra1 Kb7 11.Ra5 de 12.Ee4 Nd6 13.Ra1 Re8 14.Re1 Nc4 15.Nd3 Gd4 16.cd Ef5 17.Ee5 Ed5 18.Nf2 (12) Red : U Win Tun (YANGON) Black : U Zaw Win Lay (MANDALAY) 34th ISD Chess Tournament, Yangon. (29/10/2009) Red : Kf2 Ge3 Rb1, d1 Ec2, f3 Ne2, g3 Black : Kb7 Gd6 Rd8, f8 Eb6, e7 Nc6, c7
Myinn Set Myinn Htup
1.h5 de 2.de g5 3.f5 b5 4.ab ab 5.Ed3 Ge5 6.Ec4 bc 7.Rd8 Rd8 8.Nc3 Gd4 9.Na4 e5 10.Gd2 Ea5 11.Nb2 Eb4 12.Ne2 Ra8 13.Nd3 Ed6 14.Nec1 Kb6 15.Nb2 Kb7 16.Nbd3 Kc8 17.Ne2 Ra2 18.Ke1 Ra3 19.Kf1 Na5 20.Nb4 cb4 21.Nc1 Nc4 22.bc4 Ec6 23.Ee2 Gc3 24.Ge3 Ec4 25.Ed3 Ed3 26.Nd3 Na6 27.Ke2 Kc7 28.Rc1 Ra2 29.Kf3 Kb6 30.Rd1 Ra3 31.Ke2 Kc6 32.Rc1 Kb5 33.Rd1 Kc4 34.Gd2 Nc7 35.Gc3 bc3 36.Rb1 Gc3 37.Nf3 Nb5 38.Rd1 Nd5 39.Kf1 Ra2 40.Rc1 Nb3 41.Rd1 Gd2 42.Ke1 Nc1 43.Kf3 Kd4 44.Rf1 Rc2 45.Rd1 Rc3 46.Kg2 Ke3 47.Rh1 Kf4 48.Kf1 Nd4 49.Rh3 Ge3 50.Nh1 Rc2 51.Rg3 Gd2 0-1

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