How to play Paco Ŝako (Peace Chess)

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • Learn the rules to the board game Paco Ŝako quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. For a refresher of the original rules of Chess, check out this video: • How to play Chess (202...
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    RULES:
    The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes. For a refresher of those rules, check out this video. The object of the game is to be the first player to create a union between one of your pieces and your opponent’s king.
    Pieces do not capture opponent’s pieces. Instead, they form unions by connecting the pieces together on the same square. Pieces in unions may be moved by both players, however, each player may only move the union piece with the movement ability of the piece they control in the union. Union pieces may not join in union with other pieces and pieces may not leave a union unless the union is taken over.
    To take over a union, move a piece that isn’t in a union to a union space and replace your piece in that space with the new one, now immediately move that freed piece to another available space using its normal movement, which may include forming a new union or taking other another union. You can chain together as many take over moves as you want that are available in a single turn, however you may not endlessly chain an infinite loop. You are only allowed to take over a union with your own piece, you may not replace an opponent’s piece.
    Pawns can only join a union with a diagonal attack move. If a pawn is returned to its starting 1st or 2nd row, it regains its double step move option. En passant is allowed like normal by creating a union on the passed over space. A pawn already in a union may not perform en passant. Pawns promote like normal. Pawns in unions promote like normal regardless of which player moved them to their farthest row.
    The king is not allowed to create new unions, take over existing unions, or partake in a union chain. When you threaten to unite with your opponent’s king on the next turn, whether directly, or through a chain, that king is in “Sako”. Players do not need to inform their opponent of “Sako”. If the threat of union is inevitable, then the king is in “Paco” and they lose. Castling is allowed like normal so long as the King isn’t in Sako, passes through Sako, or ends in Sako.
    The first player to unite one of their pieces with their opponent wins. If this is impossible for either player, then the game ends in a draw.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 338

  • @CmdrMartinThompson
    @CmdrMartinThompson Рік тому +457

    I actually played this against the inventor during a boardgame gathering. It is quite fun and has totally different logic from regular chess.

  • @quochoangnam5454
    @quochoangnam5454 Рік тому +168

    The way he says “union” made it sounds like “Yuenyeung” which, ironically, is a symbol of conjugal love in Chinese culture. This word can also be traced to “yin-yang”, which is represented perfectly by the feet of black and white pieces because when they are united they create a yin-yang symbol.

  • @qubix27
    @qubix27 Рік тому +384

    The name "Paco Ŝako" is in Esperanto. It is pronounced 'patso shako' and means 'Peace chess', although "Paca ŝako" would be more grammatically correct in Esperanto. Creators probably chose this constructed language for the name as its primary goal was peace and unifying nations through the means of auxiliary common neutral language.

    • @3c3k
      @3c3k Рік тому +23

      Esperanto only works as a united language for europe

    • @philiphunt-bull5817
      @philiphunt-bull5817 Рік тому +6

      Esperanto sucks tho

    • @qubix27
      @qubix27 Рік тому +15

      @@philiphunt-bull5817 For many reasons, yes. The original goals and thoughts turned out to be wrong or unachievable, and the lingua franca of today is English, just like French or Latin were back then. Although it doesn't make English suck less. Everything has its own advantages and flaws.

    • @Petr.Fedosov
      @Petr.Fedosov Рік тому +2

      It may be «pacoŝako» in one word, so not as incorrect as it could seem.

    • @spelcheak
      @spelcheak Рік тому +1

      @@3c3k Oomoto would like a word

  • @dremego7566
    @dremego7566 Рік тому +790

    "Paco Ŝako" is in Esperanto language and is actually pronounced like "Patso Shako"

    • @fanamatakecick97
      @fanamatakecick97 Рік тому +41

      I love learning language trivia

    • @sailor5853
      @sailor5853 Рік тому +31

      Shame, I thought it was from an actual language

    • @mariasirona1622
      @mariasirona1622 Рік тому +111

      ​​@@sailor5853 being constructed doesn't make it any less real. It exists, therefore it is real, period.

    • @mariasirona1622
      @mariasirona1622 Рік тому +8

      Bruh why does the hat point upwards? There's already Š which makes the exact same sound 💀

    • @matt92hun
      @matt92hun Рік тому +17

      @@mariasirona1622 Because it's not a real language.

  • @BobChess
    @BobChess Рік тому +1017

    Chess but pieces are hugging each others

  • @GetHype_
    @GetHype_ Рік тому +23

    The definition of "I have no enemies."

  • @ВікторУсатенко-с5п

    Chess variant without piece elimination? It has a potential to be better than chess! The more pieces on the board, the harder to evaluate position on the board, the rarer the resignations are.

    • @Your2ndPlanB
      @Your2ndPlanB Рік тому +7

      ...have you considered playing Shogi?

    • @revimfadli4666
      @revimfadli4666 Рік тому +2

      ​@@Your2ndPlanB or hostage chess?

    • @deadersurvival4716
      @deadersurvival4716 Рік тому +2

      Bughouse? Maybe Crazyhouse?

    • @ВікторУсатенко-с5п
      @ВікторУсатенко-с5п Рік тому +2

      Also played Bughouse and Crazyhouse. Technically, they have temporal elimination of pieces which can become permanent if one player has big advantage. For me these games are okay.

    • @PacoPeter61
      @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому +1

      A bit late with my remark, but you are right. We only have draws during tournaments due to repetition of moves and time restraints set by the organisation. in theory it would also be a draw after 2 kings dancing together or everybody except the 2 kings, but both never happened yet. ;-) ♟

  • @kroeterichNo1
    @kroeterichNo1 Рік тому +17

    A friend showed this to me not long ago- Pretty fascinating take, but very brain-straining.

  • @caioxlive1318
    @caioxlive1318 5 місяців тому +3

    I just realized one thing about this variant: Opposition of kings are non-existant because like in atomic, you can hug your opponent's king. Remember, it cannot unite with your king using their own king. But i think you could use an auto-draw rule: You could unite your king with another king and that forces a draw because both kings united.

    • @PacoPeter61
      @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому

      that is exactly what we did :-)

  • @fastbreak333
    @fastbreak333 Рік тому +29

    Winning wars by hugging it out

  • @arrowghost
    @arrowghost Рік тому +24

    That will be a nice variant of chess game to play with. And it'll be a struggle between union pieces to fight for control with each other.

  • @Торнадоплюспетарда
    @Торнадоплюспетарда 10 місяців тому +2

    The chess for people, who dont like the og variant of chess with war and adore the peace

  • @kenshinmazahua9946
    @kenshinmazahua9946 Рік тому +20

    Esta, sin duda alguna, es la variante más peculiar y divertida que he visto y me encantaría jugar...

  • @leroyspeelt
    @leroyspeelt Рік тому +2

    Basicly every piece are extroverts and the king is an introvert

  • @32.baotin22
    @32.baotin22 Рік тому +8

    "Make love not war"?

  • @byeguyssry
    @byeguyssry Рік тому +4

    But what happens if you form a union with a piece already in a union, so you detach the prior union, but you have nowhere to move the detached piece to?

    • @elicenyne
      @elicenyne Рік тому +3

      you just Don’t (that’s what i would guess anyway)

    • @PacoPeter61
      @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому

      @@elicenyne fully correct answer. It happens with Pawns quite often.

  • @chefdeadpool8481
    @chefdeadpool8481 Рік тому +11

    Chess, but it's for that one over protective helicopter parent who sees any conflict as unacceptable violence. 😂😂

  • @gauthiervergison6332
    @gauthiervergison6332 7 місяців тому +1

    The king is an introvert

  • @nicholaskehler9169
    @nicholaskehler9169 Рік тому +3

    So the ultimate objective is to perform an intricate ballet ending with one of your people catching the opposing king and forcing him to dance.
    I could have worded this crudely I chose not to.

  • @joshyycute5823
    @joshyycute5823 Рік тому +6

    Well, they're mating each other then

  • @PacoPeter61
    @PacoPeter61 Рік тому

    Felix, the inventor of this game PacoSako is at the Origins Game fair in Columbus Ohio this week (21 june - 25 june 2023) ....

  • @catakuri6678
    @catakuri6678 Місяць тому +1

    Kings in this chess: "Peace was never an option"

  • @yapyeeheng6024
    @yapyeeheng6024 Рік тому +3

    Can you cover a Chinese board game like "Land Battle Chess". It could be interesting

  • @lukatolstov5598
    @lukatolstov5598 Рік тому +1

    Cool chess variant.

  • @okamifang4059
    @okamifang4059 9 днів тому +1

    It's incredibly fun

  • @PacoPeter61
    @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому

    an important hint was in the line "You may not endlessly chain an infinite loop" .... the hint is : You may chain long Loops!! When you look at games during tournaments, most are won in a long chain with loops.

  • @guillermorolandoferradaven9
    @guillermorolandoferradaven9 Рік тому +1

    My therapist: Saibaman chess is not real, it can't hurt you
    Saibaman chess:

  • @DovonMac1
    @DovonMac1 Рік тому +1

    I love this version so cool

  • @LightmareShadow
    @LightmareShadow 11 місяців тому

    For some reason this game feels incredibly wholesome

  • @thatoneflaregun3167
    @thatoneflaregun3167 Місяць тому

    Chess variants where you can merge pieces that i have heard of so far
    1. Chessplus
    2. Plunder Chess?
    3. Paco Sako

  • @m.a.r.i.a.9861
    @m.a.r.i.a.9861 Рік тому +2

    Chess love scene

  • @irp3ex
    @irp3ex Рік тому +1

    does the name mean checkmate check then?

  • @walter3953
    @walter3953 4 місяці тому

    I'm here to see Paco

  • @danieldishon688
    @danieldishon688 Рік тому

    So you can't capture pieces at all even after unionizing? You can only set up favorable chains to swap unions?

  • @snacku7
    @snacku7 2 місяці тому

    0:53 “NOW!!”

  • @overman138
    @overman138 10 місяців тому

    Is castling still allowed if the other players piece formed a union with my rook?

  • @stavros222
    @stavros222 Рік тому +1

    I feel my head be in pain. This is the most complex sh*t ever

  • @holeofdarn
    @holeofdarn 24 дні тому

    duuude love wins!!! 😻

  • @Jokars_Bizzar_Adventure
    @Jokars_Bizzar_Adventure Рік тому

    I'm waiting for a video with the rules of the omega chess game

  • @Average_Yuri_Enjoyer
    @Average_Yuri_Enjoyer Рік тому

    This is definitely gonna be fun and frustrating at the same time .

  • @ZillaSupreme
    @ZillaSupreme Рік тому +1

    “All’s fair in love and war…”

  • @TakenPsion
    @TakenPsion Рік тому

    I have a simple question, why are there so many different versions of chess

  • @drenz1523
    @drenz1523 Рік тому

    if the king isnt supposed to be united with other pieces, then why does it have the "nesting" shape?

    • @pigcatapult
      @pigcatapult Рік тому +1

      Because the win condition is hugging the opponent’s king

  • @totallynoterror
    @totallynoterror 10 місяців тому

    rook + bishop = queen

  • @askapk
    @askapk Рік тому

    Very interesting... but not for $150 CAD including shipping...
    For reference, that's like 120ish USD.

  • @dat1onegamar
    @dat1onegamar Рік тому +1

    when you dont want to get unfriendly rivalries

  • @gabrieljudd3200
    @gabrieljudd3200 10 місяців тому

    so basically you do checkmate by threatening... peace on the opponent's king?

  • @caddyshack4977
    @caddyshack4977 Рік тому +1

    What happens if both kings form a union?

  • @ericcottle4571
    @ericcottle4571 Рік тому

    Can you explain how to play Horizon Zero Dawn: the Board Game?

  • @BaldJHopeCookie
    @BaldJHopeCookie Рік тому

    Chess but pieces love each other on first glance

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и Рік тому +1

    Exactly like tic tac toe but you try to lose

  • @baotan774
    @baotan774 Рік тому

    Why does it looks like the pieces are kissing?

  • @LeotheTiger1234
    @LeotheTiger1234 Рік тому

    So many chess variations. I lost count at this point.

  • @UyenVuong-bx1wz
    @UyenVuong-bx1wz 7 місяців тому

    chess is awesome

  • @kentwinaguillon2144
    @kentwinaguillon2144 Рік тому

    hm looks like yin and yang when you put 2 pawns together 😂

  • @Muho_is_me
    @Muho_is_me 5 місяців тому

    The objective of the game is making king sotialise for once

  • @ДаниилСоколов-д7ъ

    Wow. They made chess dancing.

  • @iris_drawssandwiches
    @iris_drawssandwiches Рік тому

    Chess 2?!

  • @coldbluebrownie
    @coldbluebrownie Рік тому

    Chess but pieces can share a square

  • @roronoazoro8475
    @roronoazoro8475 Рік тому +2

    Part 16 of asking Triple S Games to make a How to Play Oat Jenkins Chess 2

  • @patahgaming
    @patahgaming Рік тому

    chess but it have no enemy and just need a warm hug

  • @SimpleSlipper
    @SimpleSlipper Рік тому

    it's like chess+, but chess++ extended: definitive edition?

  • @McGoomba
    @McGoomba 3 місяці тому

    "The king is not allowed to form unions" then why it built like that

    • @crazyrun2024
      @crazyrun2024 6 днів тому

      Probably because the win condition is to form a union with opponent's king

  • @lovatambunan1714
    @lovatambunan1714 5 місяців тому

    what about you? the pieces is only from girls cant play the chess. and now is the to play chess later 1:05

  • @LoserSys.32
    @LoserSys.32 Рік тому +4

    yoo less than a hour comment

  • @EdKolis
    @EdKolis Рік тому +1

    Chess: Loving v Virginia Edition

  • @kacywatson6314
    @kacywatson6314 Рік тому

    So they can only get together with pieces of the opposite…that seems a bit straight to me..

  • @georgebernard5783
    @georgebernard5783 Рік тому +4

    This is like the opposite of ChessPlus

    • @PacoPeter61
      @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому

      no, the rules are completely different. At chess+ pieces dance with their own colour. In PacoSako they dance with the other color pieces. And Chess+ is still a war game; PacoSako is a Peace game

    • @georgebernard5783
      @georgebernard5783 Місяць тому +1

      @@PacoPeter61 Is peace not the opposite of war?

    • @PacoPeter61
      @PacoPeter61 Місяць тому

      @@georgebernard5783 indeed ;) !!

  • @denifnaf5874
    @denifnaf5874 Рік тому

    Patso shako is the correct pronounciation

  • @pie1538
    @pie1538 Рік тому

    Aww, cute.

  • @dakotashiflett6830
    @dakotashiflett6830 10 місяців тому

    I as a chess player am confused

  • @Liliana_the_ghost_cat
    @Liliana_the_ghost_cat Рік тому

    I like to call it Waltzing Chess

  • @spike333s3
    @spike333s3 7 місяців тому

    This is harder than Chessplus.

  • @helpeytb
    @helpeytb 10 місяців тому +1

    It's name is actually pronounced "patso shako" not "paco sako"

  • @_.-Slash
    @_.-Slash Рік тому +1

    "make peace not war"

  • @phillipanthonytsai4851
    @phillipanthonytsai4851 Рік тому

    Wow

  • @Торнадоплюспетарда
    @Торнадоплюспетарда 10 місяців тому

    Try not to get hugged challenge

  • @Kizaco
    @Kizaco Рік тому

    The queen and bishop mate has the exact same idea but you have an extra move to make the queen no longer unioned

  • @user-qr4jf4tv2x
    @user-qr4jf4tv2x Рік тому

    this game is best played with a family in an open relationship

  • @lindsaybelderson7735
    @lindsaybelderson7735 Місяць тому

    Cuddle chess! Aww!

  • @motoperforma466
    @motoperforma466 5 місяців тому

    _paco šaco_

  • @NooberTheGooober
    @NooberTheGooober Рік тому

    1:31
    google en unionant

  • @gloriafontanilla6184
    @gloriafontanilla6184 5 місяців тому

    Pov: ur playing chess but pieces are making love while playing

  • @abhishekguru4710
    @abhishekguru4710 Рік тому +1

    Thereapist: LGBTQ Chess is not real it can't hurt you.
    LGBTQ Chess:

  • @qinop
    @qinop Рік тому

    Hugs :)

  • @xi9188
    @xi9188 Рік тому

    La

  • @Furqon1327
    @Furqon1327 Рік тому

    yin yang ☯️

  • @komcharn69
    @komcharn69 Рік тому

    This just like north and south Korea they want to unite together but under one regimes different of the opposing side

  • @pontustve1thegoldendragon483

    Chess 2

  • @mikatheamaze
    @mikatheamaze Рік тому +1

    why's my name here?

  • @unnamedscribble-auttp
    @unnamedscribble-auttp 6 місяців тому

    looks like if the amalgamates from undertale came into chess

  • @XorbityXorbGlowbe
    @XorbityXorbGlowbe Рік тому

    Chess but the pieces are having multiple love affairs instead of fighting

  • @1izardandluckyplayzyt966
    @1izardandluckyplayzyt966 Рік тому +1

    Chess but [Redacted]

  • @LemonMeruingePi
    @LemonMeruingePi Рік тому

    So let me get this straight : The wife did some messed up shi - for him not to hug anyone🥰

  • @ishu4227
    @ishu4227 Рік тому

    yin yang piee\ces

  • @datoneboi8273
    @datoneboi8273 Рік тому

    Chess but you have no enemies.

  • @Karas_mema
    @Karas_mema 11 місяців тому

    Почему этого нет на русском канале(

  • @ninjacalix3194
    @ninjacalix3194 10 місяців тому

    Oh i get why its called peace chess its yin yang

  • @flickingbollocks5542
    @flickingbollocks5542 Рік тому

    Queen Catherine the Great had union with a horse..

  • @ΡΙΤ
    @ΡΙΤ Рік тому

    plz no ships will be made