Community variant
Korean Synochess
Hybrid of Janggi & Synochess
This is a user-catalogued casual variant. Technical details such as board size, FEN, pieces, and hand rules are defined in the Fairy-Stockfish variants.ini block below.
Generated rule overview
This variant inherits its base rules from `synochess` and overrides the settings shown below.
Board and setup
Pieces and movement
- The piece set used on the board is: King (k), Queen (q), Rook (r), Bishop (b), Knight (n), Pawn (p), Advisor (a), Cannon (c), Elephant (e) and Soldier (s).
- Soldier (s) is a custom piece with Betza movement `fsW`.
- Cannon (c) is a custom piece with Betza movement `pR`.
- Elephant (e) is a custom piece with Betza movement `nZ`.
- Advisor (a) is a custom piece with Betza movement `K`.
Drops and hands
- Pieces in hand can be dropped back onto the board. Droppable pieces are: Soldier (s).
Piece movement
These diagrams show custom pieces and known Fairy-Stockfish built-in fairy pieces from White's perspective on a compact preview board. Some special moves, especially hoppers and game-state-dependent moves, can still depend on blockers or game state.
fsW
pR
nZ
K
move
capture
move or capture
initial only
hopper target
Fairy-Stockfish rules
[korea_synochess:synochess]
customPiece1 = s:fsW
customPiece2 = c:pR
customPiece4 = e:nZ
customPiece6 = a:K
startFen = rneakenr/8/1c4c1/1ss2ss1/8/8/PP1PP1PP/RNBQKBNR[ss] w KQ - 0 1