Javanese traditional chess (Montoran). This is a traditional chess when I was a kid. This game is not popular anymore due to modern games that hit current childhood. This is called montoran because the move of the chess beads is like motorcycle and the track is like road.
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This is the starting position. There are 40 beads each division. There are two divisions. The beads should have different color of each division. How to play the chess?
1. The red team division must move first. A bead can only move one-step but if it passes by the circle, it can move many steps following the line until it hit a bead of the opponent division. Picture 1
2. How to eat? First, To eat the opponent a bead must jump over one step.Second, if a bead move and follow the circle, it becomes a motorcycle. The movement is clockwise. It can hit an opponent. An opponent, which is hit, must be removed. Picture 2
3. Who win the game?
The winner is the division, which can eat up the opponent, or hit more beads of the other division.
4 . The movement of each bead is free. It can move forward, backward and aside. When the beads become fewer each bead is freely move following the circle. A can hit B even though A must pass through a long circle and many grids. See Picture 3
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