Ouk Chaktrang

By Nora Ky on AppTrack Ninja.

The first type of Cambodian chess game is known to the Cambodians as Ouk Chaktrang. The name “Ouk” was believed to come from imitating the sound made between the chessman and the chessboard while checking. As terminology and rule are concerned, the word “Ouk” means check, and it is required to say out loud by the player who checks the enemy King. The game is also named “Chaktrang” is formal and derived from Indian, Sanskrit Chaturanga. Like the international chess, Ouk Chaktrang requires two people to play against each other, but in Cambodia there are always two teams of people participating …

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