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Forçado
(Forcado, Juego de las Donzellas)
Ruleset:
Forçado (Forcado)
Game
See the game Forcado for more details.
Period(s)
Medieval
Summary
Rules for Forçado.
Description
These rules are from the Libro de os Juegos of Alfonso X.
Rules
8x8 board. The pieces move as follows, with the number per player: 1 x King: moves one space orthogonally or diagonally. 1 x Queen : One square diagonally. 2 x Rook: Any number of spaces orthogonally. 2 x Fil: Two squares diagonally, jumping over the first. Cannot capture another Fil. 2 x Knight: Moves orthogonally one space and then diagonally another space, jumping over any intervening pieces; 8 x Pawns: Moves one space forward orthogonally; one space forward diagonally to capture. No en passant. Pawns are promoted to Queen when reaching the eighth rank. No castling. When a piece can be captured, it must be. The highest ranking piece must be captured, and the lowest ranking piece must make the capture if several are able to capture the same piece. The ranking, from highest to lowest, is: King, Rook, Knight, Queen, Fil, Pawn. Stalemate results in a win for player causing it. The player who checkmates the king wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Libro de los Juegos 5.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Spain.
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.979
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