CHINESE CHESS - MOVES AND RULES

All terms and names used herein are mine and will probably not match
those used by others and in published books.

THE BOARD LAYOUT:

          R--N--B--G--K--G--B--N--R     R - ROOK
          |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     N - KNIGHT
          |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |
          +--C--+--+--+--+--+--C--+     B - BISHOP
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
          P--+--P--+--P--+--P--+--P     G - GUARD
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
          +-----------------------+     K - KING
          |     R  I  V  E  R     |
          +-----------------------+     C - CANNON
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
          P--+--P--+--P--+--P--+--P     P - PAWN
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
          +--C--+--+--+--+--+--C--+     +--+--+   This area on
          |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     |\ | /|   the board will
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     +--+--+   be referred to
          |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |     |/ | \|   as the KING's
          R--N--B--G--K--G--B--N--R     +--+--+   COURT.

MOVES:

          (KING) - MOVE 1 LEFT, RIGHT, FORWARD, OR BACKWARD, CANNOT
               MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE KING'S COURT.

          (GUARD) - MOVE 1 HORIZONTALLY WITHIN KING'S COURT ONLY.

          (BISHOP) - MOVE 2 FORWARD AND THEN 2 SIDEWAYS, CANNOT
               CROSS THE RIVER. E.G.,

               +--+--X--+--+--+--X--+--+     X are only places a
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     BISHOP can occupy.
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |
               X--+--+--+--X--+--+--+--X
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +-----X-----------X-----+
               |     R  I  V  E  R     |
               +-----------------------+

               A BISHOP CAN BE BLOCKED AS FOLLOWS:

               +--+--X--+--+--+--c--+--+     X, Y - BISHOP pieces
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     O - other pieces  
               +--O--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |     X can move to b but
               a--+--+--+--b--+--+--+--Y          not to a.
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     Y can move to c but
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--O--+          not to d.
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +-----------------d-----+
               |     R  I  V  E  R     |
               +-----------------------+

          (KNIGHT) - MOVE SIMILAR TO WESTERN CHESS, MOVE 2 FORWARD
               AND THEN 1 SIDEWAYS, CAN CROSS RIVER.  E.G.,

               +--X--+--+--d--+--+--+--f     X, Y - KNIGHT pieces
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |
               +--+--+--c--+--+--Y--+--+     X can move to a, b,
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |          c.
               a--+--b--+--e--+--+--+--g     Y can move to d, e,  
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |          f, g, h, i.
               +--+--+--+--+--h--+--i--+
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +-----------------------+
               |     R  I  V  E  R     |
               +-----------------------+

               A KNIGHT CAN BE BLOCKED AS FOLLOWS:

               +--a--+--h--+--+--+--+--+     X - KNIGHT piece
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     O - other pieces  
               b--+--+--+--g--+--+--+--+     
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |     X can move to a, b,
               +--+--X--O--+--+--+--+--+          c, h.
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     X cannot move to d,
               c--+--O--+--f--+--+--+--+          e, f, g.
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +--d-----e--------------+
               |     R  I  V  E  R     |
               +-----------------------+

          (ROOK) - MOVE SIMILAR TO WESTERN CHESS, STRAIGHT FORWARD,
               BACKWARD, SIDEWAYS, CANNOT JUMP OVER OTHER PIECES.

          (CANNON) - MOVES LIKE A ROOK, BUT DIFFERENT IN TAKING
               OPPONENT PIECES.  CAN CROSS RIVER.  TO TAKE AN
               OPPONENT PIECE, THERE MUST BE ANOTHER PIECE IN
               BETWEEN THE CANNON AND THE OPPONENT PIECE.  E.G.,

               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     X - CANNON piece
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     O - other pieces  
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     A,B,C - opponent
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |          pieces
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     X can take A or
               +--A--O--+--X--+--+--B--+          C.
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     X cannot take B.
               +-----------O-----------+
               |     R  I  V  E  R     |
               +-----------------------+
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
               +--+--+--+--C--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
          
          (PAWN) -

               BEFORE CROSSING RIVER, MOVE 1 STRAIGHT AHEAD      
                    ONLY.
               AFTER CROSSING RIVER, MOVE 1 AHEAD OR SIDEWAYS
                    ONLY.
               AFTER REACHING THE END LINE, CAN ONLY MOVE
                    SIDEWAYS.
               A PAWN CAN NEVER MOVE BACKWARD.

OTHER RULES AND COMMENTS:

     THE KINGS CAN NEVER FACE EACH OTHER, I.E., THERE MUST ALWAYS
     BE ANOTHER PIECE IN BETWEEN THE TWO KINGS.  THIS RULE IS
     USEFUL TOWARD THE END OF A GAME TO LIMIT THE OPPONENT KING'S
     MOVEMENT.  E.G.,

          +--+--+--+--Y--+--+--+--+     Y - RED KING
          |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |     R - RED ROOK
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     K - GREEN KING
          |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |     G - GREEN GUARD
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     B - GREEN BISHOP
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     
          +--+--+--+--+--R--+--+--+     If this is the board
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     layout, red wins - check
          +-----------------------+     mate with the ROOK and
          |     R  I  V  E  R     |     the fact that there are
          +-----------------------+     no pieces in between the
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     KINGs so the green KING
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+     cannot move left to avoid
          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     the check by the red
          +--+--+--G--+--+--+--+--+     ROOK.
          |  |  |  |\ | /|  |  |  |
          +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
          |  |  |  |/ | \|  |  |  |
          +--+--B--+--+--K--+--+--+