Janggi
Tournament
The standard game exactly as the Korea Janggi Association writes it — the baseline every other preset here is measured against.
What is different here
This is ordinary janggi with the association’s answers filled in wherever older club practice used to disagree. Han declares one of four horse-and-elephant arrangements, Cho declares second, and Cho makes the first move.
Three edges are worth knowing before you sit down. Bikjang — the generals facing down an open file — is a draw. A third repetition of the same checking position loses for the player giving check. And 120 half-moves without a capture ends the game level.
A player not in check may always pass, so no position is stalemate and draws are common. Nothing here converts them into results.
- Nine files by ten ranks, pieces on the points, and no river anywhere.
- Setup phase: Han picks one of four arrangements, then Cho, then Cho moves first.
- Palace diagonals are real lines for generals, guards, chariots, cannons and invading soldiers.
- Passing is legal for anyone not in check, so there is no stalemate.
- Bikjang draws, a third checking repetition loses for the checker, 120 half-moves without a capture draws.