Sittuyin

Sittuyin

Sittuyin board and starting position
Years active	8th century to present
Genres	Board game Abstract strategy game
Players	2
Setup time	< 1 minute
Playing time	From 20 minutes to several hours
Chance	None
Skills	Strategy, tactics
Synonyms	Burmese chess

Sittuyin (Burmese: စစ်တုရင်), also known as Burmese chess, is a strategy board game created in Myanmar. It is a direct offspring of the Indian game of chaturanga, which arrived in Myanmar in the 8th century thus it is part of the same family of games such as chess, and shogi. Sit is the modern Burmese word for "army" or "war"; the word sittuyin can be translated as "representation of the four characteristics of army"—chariot, elephant, cavalry and infantry.

In its native land, the game has been largely overshadowed by Western (international) chess, although it remains popular in the northwest regions.^[1]