Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGS: mak ruk; [1] pronounced [màːk rúk]), or Thai chess (Thai: หมากรุกไทย; RTGS: mak ruk thai; pronounced [màːk rúk tʰaj]), is a strategy board game that is descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and is therefore related to chess.

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Makruk, or Thai Chess, is a classic board game native to Thailand and is closely descended from Chaturanga, the same ancestor as Chess. Makruk offers a taste of ancient Chess in the original form before the introduction of modern rules quickened the pace.

2008年7月3日 · Makruk is the variant of chess most played in Thailand. It is regarded as the most similar living game to the common ancestor of all chess variants: Chaturanga (very closely resembling Davidson's variation).

Makruk is still played avidly throughout Thailand and in Cambodia (where it is known as "Ok"), although the familiar western chess is also becoming popular in those areas. Each year in Thailand, a national makruk tournament is held, and the play level in competition is very high.

Makruk Thai Chess. This is the variant of chess which is most played in Thailand, where it has a large number of players (Pritchard mentions an estimate of two million Thais who at least know the rules of the game, and there are other mentions of millions of players of this game, all from Thailand.) Rules

Thai Chess also known as Makruk is the closest living relative to the oldest known form of chess, Chaturanga. It is extremely popular in it's native Thailand. 2 million players from a general population of 45 million are reported. The game is also played widely in neighboring Cambodia.

Makruk is a chess variant very popular in Thailand and Cambodia, where it is played by millions of people, important tournaments are shown in TV and newspapers publish Makruk games and problems. The game is probably derived from chaturanga, therefore it bears some similarities to …