Shako
Invented by: Jean-Louis Cazaux, 1997
East-meets-West game that maintains the features of Chess while adding the cannon from Xiangqi and a stronger elephant
Game hierarchy
• Game
• Generic Chess
• Generic x10
• Generic 10x10
• Shako
Board
FEN: c8c/ernbqkbnre/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/ERNBQKBNRE/C8C w IBib - 0 1
Piece Types
| Internal Name | Name | Notation | Added By | Notes |
| King | King | K | Generic Chess | royal; can castle |
| Pawn | Pawn | P | Generic Chess | can promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation |
| Queen | Queen | Q | Shako | trap king on back rank bonus |
| Rook | Rook | R | Shako | castling partner; open file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus |
| Bishop | Bishop | B | Shako | colorbinding evaluation; outpost bonus |
| Knight | Knight | N | Shako | outpost bonus |
| Cannon | Cannon | C | Shako | |
| Elephant Ferz | Elephant | E | Shako | colorbinding evaluation |
Game Variables
Name = "Shako"
Invented = "1997"
InventedBy = "Jean-Louis Cazaux"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "c8c/ernbqkbnre/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/ERNBQKBNRE/C8C"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = false
Declared in Generic Chess:
StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Standard
PromotionTypes = "QRBNEC"
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = Pawn
CastlingType = King
Declared in Generic x10:
PawnMultipleMove = Grand
Declared in Generic 10x10:
Castling = 2R Close-Rook
Rules
MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
CastlingRule
RepetitionDrawRule
Evaluations
PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation
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