Community variant

Shaolin King

All the rules of standard Chess apply except that (1) the King is replaced with the Shaolin Master, described below, (2) the game is won if a Pawn reaches the final rank ("Pawn-mate"), and (3) stalemate is a loss for the stalemated player. Unlike the standard Chess King, the Shaolin Master flips between two alternate forms when moved. The Shaolin Master starts in the first form that moves and captures as Chess Queen. The second form moves and captures as the Quetzal in Chak, i.e., a Janggi Cannon that can move both orthogonally and diagonally. Castling is performed by moving the Shaolin Master onto the Rook if normal castling conditions are met in either the standard setup or 960.

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.

Uploaded by: gbtami
Visibility: public
Status: active

Generated rule overview

This variant is defined directly from a Fairy-Stockfish rule block. The text below is generated from the available configuration and may omit details that are only implicit in piece movement notation.

Board and setup

Default starting position

The variant supports Chess960-style castling.

Pieces and movement

The piece set used on the board is: custom piece 2 (k), queen (q), rook (r), bishop (b), knight (n) and custom piece 1 (p).
custom piece 1 (p) is a custom piece with Betza movement `fmWfceFifmnD`.
custom piece 2 (k) is a custom piece with Betza movement `Q`.
custom piece 3 (g) is a custom piece with Betza movement `pQ`.

Move rules

Castling is allowed.

Promotion

Promotions are available in the configured promotion zones. The the promotion region for White is all the ranks from 1 to 8 and the promotion region for Black is all the ranks from 8 to 1.
The pieces that can promote are: custom piece 2 (k).
Promotion choices are both sides: no pieces.
Fixed promotion mappings: k promotes to g.
Piece promotion is mandatory where promotion is legal.
Promoted pieces can demote according to the configured promotion mapping.

Winning and losing

An extinction rule is active: reaching 0 remaining piece(s) kg causes a loss for the side to move.
A flag/goal-zone win is active for piece(s) p.
Stalemate is scored as a loss for the side to move.

Draws and adjudication

The n-move rule is set to 50 moves.
Position repetition is adjudicated after 3-fold repetition as a draw.

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.

Custom piece 1 (P) movement

fmWfceFifmnD

Custom piece 2 (K) movement

Q

Custom piece 3 (G) movement

pQ

move capture move or capture initial only hopper target

Fairy-Stockfish rules

[shaolinking]
king = -
rook = r
bishop = b
knight = n
queen = q
customPiece1 = p:fmWfceFifmnD
customPiece2 = k:Q
customPiece3 = g:pQ
startFen = rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
castling = true
castlingKingPiece = k
promotionPieceTypes = -
promotedPieceType = k:g
promotionRegionWhite = *1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6 *7 *8
promotionRegionBlack = *8 *7 *6 *5 *4 *3 *2 *1
mandatoryPiecePromotion = true
pieceDemotion = true
extinctionValue = loss
extinctionPieceTypes = kg
extinctionPseudoRoyal = true
flagPiece = p
flagRegionWhite = *8
flagRegionBlack = *1
nMoveRule = 50
nFoldRule = 3
nFoldValue = draw
stalemateValue = loss
chess960 = true