Diabalex
Copyright (c) 2004 Bill Taylor, Joćo Pedro Neto
Diabalex is played on a 4x4 hexagonal board with the following setup:
- TURN - On each turn, each player can do the following (in any order, and either is optional):
- Orthogonally move a friendly piece into an adjacent empty cell.
- This move may be done twice over, with the same piece if desired..
- Only one of these is allowed by the first player on the first move.
- Swap the King with a soldier provided that they are in the same line (diagonal or horizontal but not vertical) and separated only by empty cells or friendly pieces.
- The King cannot move by any other means.
- Any or all three moves above (the two moves and the swap) are optional.
- A player may not (unless unavoidable) leave the board in a state where any opponent piece is blocked away from its target.
- GOAL - Win by getting one's king into the last row.
An example White to move.
He wins by playing the white stone at the right of his King to [1] and then to [2], and finally swapping it with its King.
Some matches played by the authors (^coord means swap the King with soldier at a given coordinate):
abcdefghijklm Joaox Billo
o . . . 1. .. h7-f5 j1-i2 h1-j3
. . o . x 2. d7-e6 f7-h5^ i2-k4 f1-j5^
. . . . . . 3. e6-g4 g6-k2 f5^ k4-i6^ j3-h3
. . . . x . . 4. g4-i4 j7-h7 h5^ j5-k6 h3-j5
. . x J o . 5. resigns 0-1
. . . B o 6.
. . x . 7.
abcdefghijklm
abcdefghijklm Bilx Joao
. . x . 1. .. f7-h5 h1-i2 d1-k3
. . . o . 2. h5-g4 j7-h1 j1-f5 j3-i4^
. . . o . . 3. g4-k4 d7-f7 ^k4 f1-j5 g4-h5 ^j5
. . . . . B . 4. h7-j7 g6-h7 g2-h3 i4-g6 ^h5
. . . o . . 5. f7-d7 j7-f7 j5-i6 i6-j7^ 0-1
. . o . . 6.
x x x J 7.
abcdefghijklm
abcdefghijklm Joao Bilx
x . . . 1. h7-i6 f1-h3-h4^
. . x x o 2. d7-f5 j7-j3 j1-j5-k6^
. . . J o . 3. f7-h5 i6-j5 f5^ h1-i2 i4-k4
. . . . . . . 4. j5-h3 g6-k2 h3^ k4-l5-j7^ 0-1
. . o o . . 5.
. . . . x 6.
. . . B 7.
abcdefghijklm