Bushka Tutor | About Basic Tactics Strategy Games Problems Read Me Rules | 1 Movement options 2 Piece movement 3 Phalanx movement 4 Phalanx capture 1 5 Phalanx capture 2 6 Piece capture 1 7 Piece capture 2 8 Three-fold |
A non capturing move always keeps a particular line. The index change on that line is
sufficient to indicate the move. Thus f45 and
gf5 indicate moves of a white man or any king,
while d25 and he6
indicate moves of a white phalanx or any king.
A phalanx-capture also keeps a particular line. Here the capture sign 'x' comes between the
indices, for instance hxe5 or g3x5.
A multiple piece-capture does not necessarily keep a particular line and may end on the square
of origin. The 'x' sign now comes after the indices, for instance
e8h6x, ef8x or
f6x. Signs used in notation are:
In very rare cases the notation may be ambiguous. Diagram 9 shows the same position left and right. In this position white may capture a cross or a mill, both noted down as d4x or g7x respectively. The cross is shown on the left, the mill on the right. Note that no more than 4 men can be captured in either case: a man may not be captured twice during a capture.
Diagram 9
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