BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMANDER CHESS, CHESS AND CHINESE CHESS

Submitted by haiduong on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 11:02

BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMANDER CHESS, CHESS AND CHINESE CHESS

1-      Chessboard: Chessboard of Chess is square checkered board numbered by row and column with center area and pieces move by squares. Chessboard of Commander Chess has sky field, sea field and river field with reef-base segments. Pieces move by VA and HA with 0 origin located at the left corner of the blue sea like coordinate system concept in the common education program.

2-      Chess piece: Chinese Chess piece is round block printed with Chinese character and Chess piece is black and white block .Chinese Chess and Chess pieces have King, Minister, Bishop, Rook, Cannon, Knight, Pawn…Commander Chess has red and blue round piece set. Commander Chess piece are the symbols of Commander, infantries and artilleries, tanks, civil engineers, anti-aircraft cannons, missiles, aircrafts, warships… and also long hair militiawoman. Warship piece is 3 in 1 piece which is the combination of anti-warship missile, anti-warship cannon, anti-aircraft cannon…

3-      Move: Move and capture tactic of Commander Chess is flexible. Pieces freely move vertically and horizontally basing on the tactic of the players. The commander doesn’t stand still inside the headquarter but it can move to the front in order to direct its soldiers. Some pieces can capture straightly, some crossly. Some pieces can leap over the other pieces to capture like anti-aircraft cannon and aircraft. When capturing, they can occupy the position of captured piece or move back to the initial position like bombarding aircraft.  Anti-warship cannon can capture piece in the mainland; or vice versa, piece in the mainland can capture warship piece on the sea without position occupying need.

4-      Moving tactic and strategy: There are various moving tactic and strategy by arranging fighting with infantry on ground, aircraft in the sky and warship on the sea. An anti-aircraft cannon creates firewall to prevent aircraft. A player wants to attack the other was forced to find its way to break through the firewall.

5-      Heroic piece: Any piece gains checkmate the opponent’s commander can be brevetted as heroic piece. This heroic piece will get added bonus on moving segment and capturing one more segment.  A heroic aircraft will become a stealth aircraft; it can fly over and shoot anti-aircraft cannon and anti-aircraft missile without crashing. Heroic tank and infantry can move cross diagonal line of 450.

6-      Rules: Play by game or by battle ( sea battle, sky battle or  full power battle… or break through the headquarter and checkmate the commander. Play by point calculation or time control or human chess.…

7-      Philosophical meaning difference: Chinese Chess and Chess are King and throne protecting game with historical meaning belong to the past; nowadays, they are simply a mental game. Commander Chess educates mindset of generations about the meaning of community protecting, country protecting. Through the game, young and potential commanders in the future can study the tactic to setup battle, organize full power battle to win always in order to protect their sacred country territory. Commander Chess is also a mental game but having historical trace as well as current epoch breath which cultivates national defense mindset.