Cross-kalah
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Cross-kalah
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| © 2001, Dan Troyka |
| USA |
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| Variant of kalah |
| Single lap |
| One cycle |
| Stores are sown into |
| 6 holes per row |
| Two rows |
Cross-kalah was invented in 2001 by W. Dan Troyka in Boston, USA. The game was implemented by Zillions in 2004.
The first player has no longer a large advantage as in standard kalah and the endgames are more complicated.
Cross-kalah is an implementation of the cross-mancala metarule to kalah.
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Rules
Initially there are three to six stones per hole, three being best suited for children, six for the advanced player.
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| Initial position for expert players |
Each player's "kalah" (or store) is at his right hand.
The other rules are also identical to kalah and only differ in the following:
- The contents of a hole with an odd number of stones are distributed clockwise, while those with an even number continue to be sown anti-clockwise.
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Sample game
- A-F (+1)....b (+1)
- C (+1).......a-b (+4)
- B (+3).......c-e (+1)
- F (+1).......b
- E (+3).......f (+1)
- A-D (+2)...d (+9)
- E (+1).......e (+1)
- F (+1).......c
- F...............b
- D (+1).......d
- E (+1).......e (+3)
- A (+2).......c
- F...............a (+1)
- E...............d
- C-A (+1)...b
- B (+9).......e-c-a (+9)
- E-F (+4)...d
- C...............b
- E...............e (+2)
- B...............a
- F (+2).......c
- D (+1).......Resigns
- Ralf Gering - W. Dan Troyka (Email Game 2004/9/8 - 2004/11/12)
Troyka resigns because Gering would win 38:34 points, if the game would be continued.
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Notation
f e d c b a A B C D E F
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References
- Troyka, W. D.
- (2001) 'Game: Cross-Kalah', in Zillions of Games. [Web site]
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