FIANCO

Copyright (c) 1987 Fred Horn

This game is played on a 9x9 square board with the following setup:

 

TURN - A player must move one of his stones. A stone may: Move forwards or sideways to an adjacent empty cell. Capture by jumping (diagonally forward) over an enemy stone, landing on the immediate empty cell. Capturing is mandatory but not multiple (maximum of one captured stone per turn.) GOAL - A player wins if he places one of his stones on the last row.

 

An example Black's turn. He wins with e4-e3. White must capture d2:f4 (or c2:e4 and then e3:c1 wins) and Black moves d3-d2 winning on the next turn.

There's a website with information about the game (in Dutch). I wish to thank Hans Bodlaender for translating the rules.