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Danish Rules

TIC TAC CHEC

Translated the 23 Feb. 2008 by my good friend Mathias Ruge of Denmark. Many thanks - Don

The fastest, easiest way to learn Chess and the most popular chess variant in the world. – A gift for life
Den hurtigste, letteste måde at lære skak på samt den mest populære variation af skak på verdensplan. – En gave for livet

A winner of multiple awards and accolades.
En vinder af flere priser og anerkendelser

Millions of people have mastered the basic elements of chess within minutes playing Tic Tac Chec including moves and simple strategy without being intimidated. This quick, fun game combines aspects of both chess and tic tac toe.
Millioner af mennesker har lært basiselementerne i skak, inklusiv træk og simple strategier uden at blive frustrerede ved at spille Tic Tac Chec i få minutter. Dette hurtige og sjove spil kombinerer både dele fra skak og 4 på stribe.

RULES:
Be the first to align your four pieces of the same color horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Play starts on an empty board, players take turns placing a piece on ANY empty square. (anywhere on the board) After placing your first three pieces you may move and capture as in regular chess, except a pawn reverses direction upon reaching the opposite side of the board. Captured pieces are returned to their owner and can immediately be played again on any open square. You can place a pawn on the opposite side of the board and immediately on the next turn move back towards yourself. If it is captured then placed back on the board it must first move towards the opponent's side of the board before changing directions.

REGLER:
Vinderen er den som først får samlet alle sine fire brikker på en lige linje; vandret, lodret eller diagonalt.

Spillet starter altid med en tom spilleplade. På skift placerer spillerne en brik på et frit felt, hvor som helst på spillepladen. Når du har placeret dine første 3 brikker må du rykke og slå modstandernes brikker fuldstændig som i almindelig skak. Dog med den undtagelse at bønder skifter retning når de kommer til den anden side af spillepladen. Er en brik slået ud af spil, skal den afleveres tilbage til ejeren som derefter kan bringe brikken i spil på et frit felt. Man kan placere en bonde på modsatte side af spillepladen, og rykke den mod sig selv næste gang det bliver ens tur. Hvis den bliver slået og derefter bragt i spil, skal den først rykkes imod modstanderen før den kan ændre retning og rykke tilbage mod en selv.

Optional Rules: Recommended for competitions. Players are allowed approximately 3 minutes to place their first 3 pieces on the board with a maximum of about 30 seconds per turn. After a further 5 minutes of play (this can be adjusted) and an equal number of turns each player is
restricted to 5 captures each. Playing this rule will generally make games end in less than 15 minutes and require more skill.

Valgfrie regler: Anbefalet for konkurrencer. Spillerne må maks. bruge 3 minutter på at placere deres 3 første brikker på spillepladen, med maks. 30 sekunder per brik. Efter 5 minutters spil (eksempel) og et lige antal runder, må man maks. slå modstanderens brikker 5 gange. Hvis man spiller med denne regel, vil spillet ikke tage længere end 15 minutter samt kræve en del bedre færdigheder.

Chess Piece Moves:
Pawn: - Moves one space forward per turn except when it captures an opponent piece by moving one space diagonally forward.
Knight: - Moves either one space forward or backward and two spaces either left or right or two spaces forward or backward and one space either left or right. A knight is the only piece that can move over another piece on the board.
Bishop: - Moves diagonally any number of spaces as long as it does not pass another piece.
Rook: - Moves vertically or horizontally as long as it does not pass another piece.

The Knight, Bishop and Rook all capture by landing on an opponent's piece in the same way that they move.

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Skakbrikkerne og deres bevægelser:
Bonde: - Rykker et felt fremad per tur, undtagen når den slår en modstanders brik, ved at rykke diagonalt et felt fremad.
Springer: - Rykker enten et felt frem eller tilbage og to felter til højre eller venstre. - eller to felter frem eller tibage og et felt til højre eller venstre.
Løber: - Rykker til ethvert felt på de diagonaler den står på, så længe den ikke rammer andre brikker.
Tårn: - Rykker vandret og lodret på den række eller linje den selv står på, så længe den ikke rammer andre brikker.
Springeren, løberen og tårnet slår alle brikker ved at lande på et felt hvor din modstander allerede har en brik stående.

Tips:
1/ Emphasize the goal of getting all four pieces in a row and avoid capturing unless there is a definite advantage gained so that players develop better strategy skills.
2/ Before making a move consider what your opponent is planning.
3/ Always play to win.
4/ Play a flexible strategy by frequently changing where you are making your row. Fixating on a single row will most likely lead to a stalemate at best and more likely a loss.
5/ Avoid trying to make a row of pieces on your first horizontal row of squares. This will most likely lead to defeat as it is difficult to move the pawn back to this row if it is already on the board.
6/ Use a felt tip marker to mark one side of the pawn and always play with this mark facing the direction of movement. This will help you remember its direction.
7/ As in regular Chess, dominating the center of the board helps as some pieces have more potential places to move to.  


Tips:

1/ Foretræk altid at få dine egne fire brikker på stribe, frem for at slå modstandernes. Slå kun modstanderens brik, for at undgå at han får fire på stribe.
2/ Overvej altid din modstanders muligheder, før du selv foretager et træk.
3/ Spil altid for at vinde.
4/ Spil med en fleksibel strategi, hvor du har mindst to muligheder for at vinde.
5/ Prøv ikke at lave 4 på stribe på de første 4 felter mod dig selv. Det er en hyppig årsag til nederlag, da bonden har svært ved at komme tilbage til den samme stribe, hvis den allerede er på spillepladen.
6/ Sæt en prik på den ene side af bonden og bevæg den altid den vej. Så ved du altid hvilken vej den bevæger sig.
7/ Ligesom i almindelig skak er det en god idé at kontrollere midten, da det giver de bedste muligheder for at kontrollere hele pladen.

4 Reasons for using TTC to learn chess.  We designed Tic Tac Chec to help introduce the basic moves and play of  chess, a wonderful game that provides a life time of benefits.
1/ There are only one fourth as many pieces, so it is less confusing for a beginner. Even though each player only receives 4 pieces, every piece on a regular chess board is accommodated. We don't have a queen, but then a queen moves the same as a Bishop and a Rook. A King only moves one space in any direction so this piece is really unnecessary for  learning the basics.

2/ If a players' pieces are captured, they are returned to them and they  may replace them on the board on any open square when it suits them.  This is much less intimidating for a novice player. If your piece is  captured it could even be to your advantage.

3/ There is no time spent setting up the board. Beginners don't use time "trading" pieces until there are only a few left at which time they are able to contemplate a strategy to defend their own King and cature the opponent's. Since games are so much quicker and often lost by simple errors, players will want to get revenge and immediately play again. This and the mental challenge have  made the game of Tic Tac Chec a game with high repeat play value.

4/ Immediate recognition of mistakes. On a regular chess board beginners  seldom remember where they made strategic errors and thus take longer to  learn to avoid rpeating them. A basic error while playing Tic Tac Chec  almost always leads to instantly losing the game.

Fire gode grunde til at lære skak med Tic Tac Chec:
1/ For en nybegynder er spillet lettere at overskue når der kun bruges en fjerdedel af brikkerne.
2/ En slået brik kan bringes i spil på et hvilket som helst frit felt, hvilket sikrer at nybegynderen ikke taber modet.
3/ Spillene tager kun et øjeblik, og man spilder ikke tiden på at stille brikkerne op. Spillet er i gang fra første træk, så tiden går ikke med at spille brikkerne i position først.
4/ Man indser fejlene i samme øjeblik man foretager et forkert træk. I normal skak opdager en nybegynder sjældent, hvor man begik en strategisk fejl. Derved går der længere tid før man lærer at undgå dem. Foretager man en fejl i Tic Tac Chec fører det nærmest uundgåeligt til et hurtigt nederlag.

 

 


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