Thai Chess: A Strategic Board Game

Thai chess, a game played on an 8x8 board, shares similarities with classical chess but features key distinctions. The initial setup mirrors classical chess, with two notable exceptions: the white queen starts on e1 and the white king on d1 (each king positioned to the left of its queen from the player's perspective); and pawns are deployed on the third rank (white) and sixth rank (black).

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Piece Movement:

• King: Moves one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, as in European chess. Castling is not permitted.
• Queen: Moves only one square diagonally.
• Rook: Moves any number of unoccupied squares horizontally or vertically.
• Bishop: Moves one square diagonally in any direction or one square forward vertically.
• Knight: Moves in an "L" shape: two squares vertically then one horizontally, or vice-versa (identical to European chess).
• Pawn: Moves one square forward vertically and captures one square diagonally forward, similar to European chess. Pawns promote to a queen upon reaching the sixth rank.

Winning the Game:

Checkmating the opponent's king secures victory, as in classical chess. A stalemate results in a draw.

The game supports various play modes: against artificial intelligence, locally with another player on the same device, or online against a remote opponent.