The Rules of Bushka

Section [4]: Capture - phalanx capture - example 1

>>> Capture is compulsory. In Bushka all capture is 'by approach'. There are two distinct ways to do this:
>>> Piece-capture.
>>> Phalanx-capture.
Piece-capture means capture with  a man or a king.
Phalanx-capture means capture with  a phalanx.
>>> Phalanx-capture has precedence over piece-capture!
>>> If the player to move can make exactly one phalanx-capture, he must do so. If he can make more than one, he must choose the capture that brings the maximum number of captured pieces.  A king counts as one piece. If there's more than one way to meet this criterion, the player is free to choose.
>>> If the player to move cannot make a phalanx-capture, he must look for a piece-capture. If he can make exactly one, he must do so. If he can make more than one, he must choose the capture that brings the maximum number of captured pieces.  A king counts as one piece. If there's more than one way to meet this criterion, the player is free to choose.


Phalanx Capture
>>> A phalanx makes only one movement in a turn.
In a capture , this movement may be forward or backward.
>>> If the square in front of a phalanx is vacant and the square beyond is occupied by an opponent's piece, the phalanx captures by approaching one square, 'touching' the piece with its head.
>>> If the piece is a king, it is therewith captured and removed in the same turn.
>>> If the piece is a man that is the head of an opposing phalanx on the same line , that entire  phalanx is therewith captured and removed in the same turn.
If this is not the case, only the piece is captured.

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Diagram 4

Diagram 4 shows an excerpt from Game 3 of a match between Anneke Treep and Christiaan Freeling. We're at move 11 of a combination white initiated with his eighth move. After gf4 black has no other option than to capture with the two-men phalanx on the 4-line: cxe4. White next captures the 6-men phalanx on the e-line with e1x3. In the actual game black, Anneke in this case, resigned.


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The rules of Bushka

Section [1]: Initial position - movement options
Section [2]: Piece movement
Section [3]: Phalanx movement
Section [4]: Capture - phalanx capture - example 1
Section [5]: Phalanx capture - example 2
Section [6]: Piece capture - example 1
Section [7]: Piece capture - example 2
Section [8]: Piece capture - example 3
Section [9]: Notation