![]() The Milton Bradley Company got a patent on Chinese Checkers thirteen years later (1941). Many were given other names but since no one seemed to own the rights to the name many were just called Chinese Checkers. Several other manufactures started to make the game. In the 1930s a craze for Chinese Checkers swept across America.The game was given a Chinese name and theme in keeping with the current interest in all things oriental (among them the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922 and the 'mah jongg' game that was introduced in 1923). The brothers Bill and Jack Pressman made up the name 'Chinese Checkers' during or shortly after 1928. This was exact the same game as the 1892 Star-Halma. The first Chinese Checkers game to be published in the United States was 'Hop Ching Checkers' in 1928 by J.Spears & Sons introduced the star board to England in 1909. The first game of Chinese Checkers was published and patented by the German game company Ravensburger (Otto Robert Maier) under the name Stern-Halma (stern means star in English Star-Halma) in 1892.In a two-player game many prefers to play with 15 pieces each. In some modern versions for children the board is smaller and the player have only six pieces each. Each player has only 10 pieces each and the distance to the opponents home arena is fewer spaces away than in standard Halma. Chinese Checkers is based on Halma and the only difference is that it is played on a six-pointed star-shaped game board and then can be played by 2 to 6 players.X Research source Unlike international chess, a soldier cannot promote if it reaches the end of the board. Once they cross the river, soldiers can move 1 point in any direction except backward. Soldiers can only move and capture 1 point forward (not diagonally) until they cross the river.X Research source If there is a piece on the point which the elephant has to jump over in order to get to the second point then the elephant can't get to the second point. However an elephant cannot cross the river on the board. The elephant can move 2 points diagonally, as a bishop can in international chess.Guards can move only 1 point diagonally in either direction but, they cannot leave the Imperial Palace.In order to capture, the cannon has to jump over only 1 piece but it can be of either color. Cannon move rules are the same as the chariot/rook with one difference.If there is a piece in front of the horse blocking its path of 2 points forward). However, the horse cannot jump another piece (e.g. The horse piece is equivalent to the knight in international chess rules, in that it can move 1 point any direction and 1 point diagonally (aka 2 points in one direction and 1 point perpendicular to it).A chariot or rook piece can move any number of spaces in a straight line horizontally or vertically through the rows of the board.Generals on the opposite sides of the board cannot be across from each other without another piece between them. X Research source The general piece may capture any enemy piece which strays into the Imperial Palace area unless that piece is protected by another piece. This piece is also not allowed to leave the Imperial Palace area. The general can move 1 space back or forward, right or left but cannot make a move diagonally.The pieces’ movement rules are as follows: X Research source It is essential to understand these rules for movement in order to play the game. Each piece in Chinese chess has a specific type of movement that it can make. Learn the rules that apply to each piece's movement on the board. ![]()
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