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Games where it is your turn to play
The Game of the Seven Kingdoms (七國象棋) is a seven players Chinese chess variant. It is currently in development on elephantchess. You can follow up on development on GitHub or on our Discord server.
The boards shown on this page are interactive. You can mouse over a piece to visualize its moves, and click on it to make a move. Have fun!
The General 将 moves any distance orthogonally or diagonally (like a chess Queen).
It is represented by the letter Q in FEN and as a chess Queen icon on the board.
The player who captures the General wins his remaining army.
There is no check in this game (so, it is not mandatory to remove an attack on the General).
The Chancellor (or Deputy General) 偏 moves any distance orthogonally (like a chess Rook).
It is represented by the letter R in FEN and as a chess Rook icon on the board.
The Diplomat (or Officer) 裨 moves any distance diagonally (like a chess Bishop).
It is represented by the letter B in FEN and as a chess Bishop icon on the board.
The Cannon (or Catapult) 砲 moves any distance orthogonally without capturing. To capture, it jumps exactly one piece in its way (so exactly like a Chinese chess Cannon).
It is represented by the letter C in FEN.
The Go-Between 行人 (or Diplomat - not to be confused with the other Bishop-like piece that is also called Diplomat) moves any distance orthogonally or diagonally. It cannot capture nor can it be captured. Thus, it is used for defense, or for a Cannon pivot.
It is represented by the letter G in FEN.
The Archer 弓 moves up to four intersections orthogonally or diagonally.
It is represented by the letter H in FEN.
The Crossbowman 弩 (or Crossbow) move up to five intersections orthogonally or diagonally.
It is represented by the letter W in FEN.
The Knight 騎 moves one intersection orthogonally first, then continues one to three intersections diagonally outward. It can be blocked like a Chinese chess Knight (i.e. if the orthogonal intersection is occupied).
It can not jump over other pieces like in chess.
It is represented by the letter N in FEN.
Dagger Soldier (or knife) 刀 moves one intersection diagonally; so like a Chinese chess Advisor.
It is represented by the letter A in FEN.
The Swordsman (or Broadsword) 劍 moves one intersection orthogonality.
It is represented by the letter S in FEN.
Finally, the Emperor 周 does not move, cannot be captured and is not played by any player. It can however be used as a pivot for the Cannon and can block a Knight orthogonal move.
By convention and since it never changes position, it is not rendered on the FEN.