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អុកចត្រង្គ Ouk Chatrang
Ouk Chatrang is a native game of Cambodia. It is still very popular and can probably be seen played on the streets.
Ouk Chatrang is essentially the same game as Makruk, however there are a few special opening moves that make it slightly different.
- The king can make a knight move on its first move.
- The queen can jump two steps forward on its first move.
besides that I think they are the same game.
I have read someplace that in Thailand these special move rules were removed at some point.
I have found an article by a Cambodian man living in the U.S. that describes a variant game called Rek, which is not really a game of the Chaturanga family, but still may be of some interest. I will add the article at some point.
PDF Rule booklet coming soon
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