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A game for Sk�lars You must know us by now - the more bizarre the concept the more likely it is to grace these pages and Hneftafl is certainly one of the more odd progs! Apparently it is a Viking board game. What we can�t work out though, is when did the Vikings ever get time off slaughtering the women and raping the cattle to sit down and have a couple of rounds of cribbage let alone invent the tenth century version of Kensington? Anyway, on with the game. The following text was found on Arcade Bulletin Board and is apparently by Jan Af Geijerstam. If he would like to contact us we would be more than happy to cough up some readies for the use of his words. Jan starts by saying that he found these details in the magazine of the Swedish Railways, Q1 1992. He translated the text from Swedish to English himself and hopes there are not too many errors! �In the Iceland Tales, different games are described, among them Hneftafl, (naevbraede). It was a game for chiefs; the name probably means that it was a �fight without weapons�. According to the tales it was just as important to know Hneftafl as to be able to fight with a sword. At the historic museum in Stockholm you can see 1000-year old gamepieces from rich graves in Birka, placed together with the necessities of life for the last journey into the realm of death. They were probably used to play Hneftafl. �The rules of the game was for a long time unknown because all information disappeared when chess came to Norden. It was not until an English chess- historian connected the findings from Birka with two written descriptions, it became clear how the gamepieces should be used. One of the descriptions was in a manuscript from Wales from the 16th century, the other in Carl von Linne�s notes from his Lappish journey in 1732. In his notes the Lappish game was called Tablut. �Hneftafl is played by two players, one Swedish controlling a chief and eight followers (grey pieces) and the other Moskovit with sixteen soldiers (red pieces). The chief is distintuished from his follows by a large X. The playing area is a board nine by nine with a central castle (the home of the cheif) and four Moskovit camps. The initial piece layout is shown in figure N. �Pieces move like rooks in chess - so no diagonals and no jumping over other pieces. The Swedes have the first move and win if the chief reaches the edge of the board, The Moskovits win by capturing the chief. Opponent pieces are �taken� by capturing them between two of your own pieces. The chief has no arms [ha ha - ed] and cannot be used to take a piece, in addition, for the Moskovits to win, must be captured by FOUR Moskovit soldiers. To prevent stalemates, an attack can only be repeated twice, after which the attacker must find another move. �The castle and camp squares cannot be entered or crossed by any piece even if the chief or Moskovits have left them. The only exception to this is that Moskovits are permitted to move about within their camp before leaving them for good. Whilst in camp they can still attack and be attacked. Camp squares are also hostile to the Swedish chief and effectively count as an extra Moskovit soldier. This means that when cornered adjacent to two camp squares the chief can be taken by only two Moskovits. Inspired by this description we have written a computer version of Hneftafl so you can try out this game for yourself. As it stands the computer acts only as a rule enforcer and cannot play itself. Pieces are moved with a drag-and-drop system, the computer will only move pieces to valid squares and will handle will piece taking. The current player is indicated in the top left hand corner of the screen. If you pick up a piece by mistake, simply put it back where it came from and you are allowed to try again. The game has an undo buffer (up to 100 moves) so you can retrace your moves and work out where your strategy went wrong - press U to undo moves and R to redo them. We believe it may be possible to reach a position from which one player cannot make a move. The rules don�t seem to cater for this so we have simply allowed a �pass turn� by pressing P. Once the game has been won (by either player) press Q to quit that game and reset the board for another go. Note, it is perfectly allowed to undo the winning move! For speed (of writing) the game does not multitask, sorry. It does, however, work in any (16 colour) screen mode and should select an appropriate one for your monitor. Perhaps someone would like to send in a desktop version�and/or a computer opponent�.�.�. For all Pocket Book II owners, we do have an OPL version which is 90% complete and will put it on the cover disc as soon as we can.
00000000 41 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 20 53 6b f6 6c 61 |A game for Sk.la| 00000010 72 73 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6b 6e 6f |rs..You must kno| 00000020 77 20 75 73 20 62 79 20 6e 6f 77 20 2d 20 74 68 |w us by now - th| 00000030 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 62 69 7a 61 72 72 65 20 74 |e more bizarre t| 00000040 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d |he concept the m| 00000050 6f 72 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 69 74 20 69 73 |ore likely it is| 00000060 0a 74 6f 20 67 72 61 63 65 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 |.to grace these | 00000070 70 61 67 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 48 6e 65 66 74 61 |pages and Hnefta| 00000080 66 6c 20 69 73 20 63 65 72 74 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 |fl is certainly | 00000090 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |one of the more | 000000a0 6f 64 64 20 70 72 6f 67 73 21 0a 41 70 70 61 72 |odd progs!.Appar| 000000b0 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 20 56 69 |ently it is a Vi| 000000c0 6b 69 6e 67 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 67 61 6d 65 2e |king board game.| 000000d0 20 57 68 61 74 20 77 65 20 63 61 6e 91 74 20 77 | What we can.t w| 000000e0 6f 72 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 2c 20 |ork out though, | 000000f0 69 73 20 77 68 65 6e 0a 64 69 64 20 74 68 65 20 |is when.did the | 00000100 56 69 6b 69 6e 67 73 20 65 76 65 72 20 67 65 74 |Vikings ever get| 00000110 20 74 69 6d 65 20 6f 66 66 20 73 6c 61 75 67 68 | time off slaugh| 00000120 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 6d 65 6e |tering the women| 00000130 20 61 6e 64 20 72 61 70 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 0a | and raping the.| 00000140 63 61 74 74 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 73 69 74 20 64 6f |cattle to sit do| 00000150 77 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 63 6f |wn and have a co| 00000160 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 73 20 6f |uple of rounds o| 00000170 66 20 63 72 69 62 62 61 67 65 20 6c 65 74 20 61 |f cribbage let a| 00000180 6c 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 76 65 6e 74 0a 74 68 65 20 |lone invent.the | 00000190 74 65 6e 74 68 20 63 65 6e 74 75 72 79 20 76 65 |tenth century ve| 000001a0 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 4b 65 6e 73 69 6e 67 |rsion of Kensing| 000001b0 74 6f 6e 3f 0a 0a 41 6e 79 77 61 79 2c 20 6f 6e |ton?..Anyway, on| 000001c0 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 | with the game. | 000001d0 54 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 65 |The following te| 000001e0 78 74 20 77 61 73 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 |xt was found on | 000001f0 41 72 63 61 64 65 20 42 75 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 0a |Arcade Bulletin.| 00000200 42 6f 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 20 69 73 20 61 70 70 |Board and is app| 00000210 61 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 62 79 20 4a 61 6e 20 41 |arently by Jan A| 00000220 66 20 47 65 69 6a 65 72 73 74 61 6d 2e 20 49 66 |f Geijerstam. If| 00000230 20 68 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 | he would like t| 00000240 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 75 73 0a 77 65 20 |o contact us.we | 00000250 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 |would be more th| 00000260 61 6e 20 68 61 70 70 79 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 75 67 |an happy to coug| 00000270 68 20 75 70 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 72 65 61 64 69 65 |h up some readie| 00000280 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 |s for the use of| 00000290 20 68 69 73 0a 77 6f 72 64 73 2e 0a 0a 4a 61 6e | his.words...Jan| 000002a0 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 62 79 20 73 61 79 69 6e | starts by sayin| 000002b0 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 |g that he found | 000002c0 74 68 65 73 65 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 20 69 6e |these details in| 000002d0 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 | the magazine of| 000002e0 20 74 68 65 0a 53 77 65 64 69 73 68 20 52 61 69 | the.Swedish Rai| 000002f0 6c 77 61 79 73 2c 20 51 31 20 31 39 39 32 2e 20 |lways, Q1 1992. | 00000300 48 65 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6c 61 74 65 64 20 74 68 |He translated th| 00000310 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 53 77 65 64 |e text from Swed| 00000320 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 0a 68 |ish to English.h| 00000330 69 6d 73 65 6c 66 20 61 6e 64 20 68 6f 70 65 73 |imself and hopes| 00000340 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 | there are not t| 00000350 6f 6f 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 65 72 72 6f 72 73 21 0a |oo many errors!.| 00000360 0a 90 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 49 63 65 6c 61 6e 64 |..In the Iceland| 00000370 20 54 61 6c 65 73 2c 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e | Tales, differen| 00000380 74 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 64 65 73 63 |t games are desc| 00000390 72 69 62 65 64 2c 20 61 6d 6f 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |ribed, among the| 000003a0 6d 20 48 6e 65 66 74 61 66 6c 2c 0a 28 6e 61 65 |m Hneftafl,.(nae| 000003b0 76 62 72 61 65 64 65 29 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 |vbraede). It was| 000003c0 20 61 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 20 63 68 69 65 | a game for chie| 000003d0 66 73 3b 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 70 72 6f |fs; the name pro| 000003e0 62 61 62 6c 79 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 |bably means that| 000003f0 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 0a 90 66 69 67 68 74 | it was a..fight| 00000400 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 77 65 61 70 6f 6e 73 | without weapons| 00000410 91 2e 20 41 63 63 6f 72 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 |.. According to | 00000420 74 68 65 20 74 61 6c 65 73 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 |the tales it was| 00000430 20 6a 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 | just as importa| 00000440 6e 74 20 74 6f 0a 6b 6e 6f 77 20 48 6e 65 66 74 |nt to.know Hneft| 00000450 61 66 6c 20 61 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c |afl as to be abl| 00000460 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 67 68 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 |e to fight with | 00000470 61 20 73 77 6f 72 64 2e 20 41 74 20 74 68 65 20 |a sword. 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They wer| 00000540 65 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 75 73 65 64 20 |e probably used | 00000550 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 20 48 6e 65 66 74 61 66 6c |to play Hneftafl| 00000560 2e 0a 0a 90 54 68 65 20 72 75 6c 65 73 20 6f 66 |....The rules of| 00000570 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 61 73 20 66 6f | the game was fo| 00000580 72 20 61 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 6d 65 20 75 6e |r a long time un| 00000590 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 61 6c |known because al| 000005a0 6c 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 64 69 |l information.di| 000005b0 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 63 |sappeared when c| 000005c0 68 65 73 73 20 63 61 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 4e 6f 72 |hess came to Nor| 000005d0 64 65 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |den. It was not | 000005e0 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 61 6e 20 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 |until an English| 000005f0 20 63 68 65 73 73 2d 0a 68 69 73 74 6f 72 69 61 | chess-.historia| 00000600 6e 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 |n connected the | 00000610 66 69 6e 64 69 6e 67 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 42 69 |findings from Bi| 00000620 72 6b 61 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 77 6f 20 77 72 69 |rka with two wri| 00000630 74 74 65 6e 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e |tten description| 00000640 73 2c 20 69 74 0a 62 65 63 61 6d 65 20 63 6c 65 |s, it.became cle| 00000650 61 72 20 68 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 70 |ar how the gamep| 00000660 69 65 63 65 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 |ieces should be | 00000670 75 73 65 64 2e 20 4f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |used. One of the| 00000680 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 61 | descriptions wa| 00000690 73 0a 69 6e 20 61 20 6d 61 6e 75 73 63 72 69 70 |s.in a manuscrip| 000006a0 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 57 61 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f |t from Wales fro| 000006b0 6d 20 74 68 65 20 31 36 74 68 20 63 65 6e 74 75 |m the 16th centu| 000006c0 72 79 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e |ry, the other in| 000006d0 20 43 61 72 6c 20 76 6f 6e 0a 4c 69 6e 6e 65 91 | Carl von.Linne.| 000006e0 73 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 68 69 73 |s notes from his| 000006f0 20 4c 61 70 70 69 73 68 20 6a 6f 75 72 6e 65 79 | Lappish journey| 00000700 20 69 6e 20 31 37 33 32 2e 20 49 6e 20 68 69 73 | in 1732. 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The| 000007e0 20 63 68 69 65 66 20 69 73 20 64 69 73 74 69 6e | chief is distin| 000007f0 74 75 69 73 68 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 68 69 73 |tuished from his| 00000800 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 62 79 20 61 20 6c 61 | follows by a la| 00000810 72 67 65 20 58 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 70 6c 61 79 69 |rge X. The.playi| 00000820 6e 67 20 61 72 65 61 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 6f 61 |ng area is a boa| 00000830 72 64 20 6e 69 6e 65 20 62 79 20 6e 69 6e 65 20 |rd nine by nine | 00000840 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 63 65 6e 74 72 61 6c 20 63 |with a central c| 00000850 61 73 74 6c 65 20 28 74 68 65 20 68 6f 6d 65 20 |astle (the home | 00000860 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 63 68 65 69 66 29 20 61 6e |of the.cheif) an| 00000870 64 20 66 6f 75 72 20 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 69 74 20 |d four Moskovit | 00000880 63 61 6d 70 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 69 6e 69 74 69 |camps. The initi| 00000890 61 6c 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6c 61 79 6f 75 74 20 |al piece layout | 000008a0 69 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 66 69 67 75 |is shown in figu| 000008b0 72 65 0a 4e 2e 0a 0a 90 50 69 65 63 65 73 20 6d |re.N....Pieces m| 000008c0 6f 76 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 72 6f 6f 6b 73 20 69 |ove like rooks i| 000008d0 6e 20 63 68 65 73 73 20 2d 20 73 6f 20 6e 6f 20 |n chess - so no | 000008e0 64 69 61 67 6f 6e 61 6c 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f |diagonals and no| 000008f0 20 6a 75 6d 70 69 6e 67 20 6f 76 65 72 20 6f 74 | jumping over ot| 00000900 68 65 72 0a 70 69 65 63 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |her.pieces. The | 00000910 53 77 65 64 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |Swedes have the | 00000920 66 69 72 73 74 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 77 |first move and w| 00000930 69 6e 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 69 65 66 20 |in if the chief | 00000940 72 65 61 63 68 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 65 64 67 65 |reaches the edge| 00000950 0a 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2c 20 54 |.of the board, T| 00000960 68 65 20 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 69 74 73 20 77 69 6e |he Moskovits win| 00000970 20 62 79 20 63 61 70 74 75 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 | by capturing th| 00000980 65 20 63 68 69 65 66 2e 20 4f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e |e chief. Opponen| 00000990 74 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 61 72 65 0a 90 74 61 |t pieces are..ta| 000009a0 6b 65 6e 91 20 62 79 20 63 61 70 74 75 72 69 6e |ken. by capturin| 000009b0 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 74 |g them between t| 000009c0 77 6f 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 70 |wo of your own p| 000009d0 69 65 63 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 63 68 69 65 66 |ieces. The chief| 000009e0 20 68 61 73 20 6e 6f 0a 61 72 6d 73 20 5b 68 61 | has no.arms [ha| 000009f0 20 68 61 20 2d 20 65 64 5d 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 | ha - ed] and ca| 00000a00 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |nnot be used to | 00000a10 74 61 6b 65 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 2c 20 69 6e |take a piece, in| 00000a20 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 74 | addition, for t| 00000a30 68 65 0a 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 69 74 73 20 74 6f 20 |he.Moskovits to | 00000a40 77 69 6e 2c 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 63 61 70 |win, must be cap| 00000a50 74 75 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 46 4f 55 52 20 4d 6f |tured by FOUR Mo| 00000a60 73 6b 6f 76 69 74 20 73 6f 6c 64 69 65 72 73 2e |skovit soldiers.| 00000a70 20 54 6f 20 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 0a 73 74 61 6c | To prevent.stal| 00000a80 65 6d 61 74 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 20 61 74 74 61 63 |emates, an attac| 00000a90 6b 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 20 72 65 |k can only be re| 00000aa0 70 65 61 74 65 64 20 74 77 69 63 65 2c 20 61 66 |peated twice, af| 00000ab0 74 65 72 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 61 74 |ter which the at| 00000ac0 74 61 63 6b 65 72 0a 6d 75 73 74 20 66 69 6e 64 |tacker.must find| 00000ad0 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 6f 76 65 2e 0a 0a | another move...| 00000ae0 90 54 68 65 20 63 61 73 74 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 |.The castle and | 00000af0 63 61 6d 70 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 63 61 6e |camp squares can| 00000b00 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 20 6f |not be entered o| 00000b10 72 20 63 72 6f 73 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 6e 79 |r crossed by any| 00000b20 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 65 76 65 6e 0a 69 66 20 74 | piece even.if t| 00000b30 68 65 20 63 68 69 65 66 20 6f 72 20 4d 6f 73 6b |he chief or Mosk| 00000b40 6f 76 69 74 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 |ovits have left | 00000b50 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 65 |them. The only e| 00000b60 78 63 65 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 69 73 |xception to this| 00000b70 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 0a 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 69 | is that.Moskovi| 00000b80 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 70 65 72 6d 69 74 74 65 64 |ts are permitted| 00000b90 20 74 6f 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 77 | to move about w| 00000ba0 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 63 61 6d 70 |ithin their camp| 00000bb0 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 6c 65 61 76 69 6e 67 20 | before leaving | 00000bc0 74 68 65 6d 0a 66 6f 72 20 67 6f 6f 64 2e 20 57 |them.for good. W| 00000bd0 68 69 6c 73 74 20 69 6e 20 63 61 6d 70 20 74 68 |hilst in camp th| 00000be0 65 79 20 63 61 6e 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 61 74 74 |ey can still att| 00000bf0 61 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 20 61 74 74 61 63 |ack and be attac| 00000c00 6b 65 64 2e 20 43 61 6d 70 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 |ked. Camp square| 00000c10 73 0a 61 72 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 68 6f 73 74 69 |s.are also hosti| 00000c20 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 53 77 65 64 69 73 |le to the Swedis| 00000c30 68 20 63 68 69 65 66 20 61 6e 64 20 65 66 66 65 |h chief and effe| 00000c40 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 20 61 73 |ctively count as| 00000c50 20 61 6e 20 65 78 74 72 61 0a 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 | an extra.Moskov| 00000c60 69 74 20 73 6f 6c 64 69 65 72 2e 20 54 68 69 73 |it soldier. This| 00000c70 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 68 65 6e | means that when| 00000c80 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 65 64 20 61 64 6a 61 63 65 | cornered adjace| 00000c90 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 74 77 6f 20 63 61 6d 70 20 73 |nt to two camp s| 00000ca0 71 75 61 72 65 73 0a 74 68 65 20 63 68 69 65 66 |quares.the chief| 00000cb0 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 74 61 6b 65 6e 20 62 79 | can be taken by| 00000cc0 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 74 77 6f 20 4d 6f 73 6b 6f 76 | only two Moskov| 00000cd0 69 74 73 2e 0a 0a 49 6e 73 70 69 72 65 64 20 62 |its...Inspired b| 00000ce0 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 |y this descripti| 00000cf0 6f 6e 20 77 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 72 69 74 74 |on we have writt| 00000d00 65 6e 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 76 65 |en a computer ve| 00000d10 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 48 6e 65 66 74 61 66 |rsion of Hneftaf| 00000d20 6c 0a 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 74 72 79 |l.so you can try| 00000d30 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 | out this game f| 00000d40 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 66 2e 20 41 73 20 |or yourself. As | 00000d50 69 74 20 73 74 61 6e 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f |it stands the co| 00000d60 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 63 74 73 0a 6f 6e 6c 79 |mputer acts.only| 00000d70 20 61 73 20 61 20 72 75 6c 65 20 65 6e 66 6f 72 | as a rule enfor| 00000d80 63 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 70 |cer and cannot p| 00000d90 6c 61 79 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 2e 20 50 69 65 63 |lay itself. Piec| 00000da0 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 77 69 74 |es are moved wit| 00000db0 68 20 61 0a 64 72 61 67 2d 61 6e 64 2d 64 72 6f |h a.drag-and-dro| 00000dc0 70 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2c 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f |p system, the co| 00000dd0 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 6c 79 |mputer will only| 00000de0 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 74 6f 20 | move pieces to | 00000df0 76 61 6c 69 64 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 61 6e |valid squares an| 00000e00 64 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 20 77 69 |d.will handle wi| 00000e10 6c 6c 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 2e |ll piece taking.| 00000e20 20 54 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 70 6c 61 | The current pla| 00000e30 79 65 72 20 69 73 20 69 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 64 |yer is indicated| 00000e40 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 0a 6c 65 66 74 | in the top.left| 00000e50 20 68 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 20 6f 66 20 | hand corner of | 00000e60 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 49 66 20 79 |the screen. 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