Togyzqumalaq

Tournament Format
Players Per Table – 2
Rounds – 5, Swiss Pairings
Clock Settings – Each player receives 15 mins + 5 seconds per move.

Standard MSO tie-breaks apply, except point spread is not applicable.

Full rules of the game can be found here.

Togyzqumalaq is an abstract strategy game among the bigger Mancala family of board games (or Pit and Pebbles Games) played all over the world with slight variations across different societies with regard to distribution area, number of players and strategy of play. Togyzqumalaq is the national game of Kazakhstan.

The game starts with 9 seeds in each of 9 houses on both player's sides. The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one’s opponent. Since the game has only 162 seeds, capturing 82 is sufficient to accomplish this. Since there is an even number of seeds, it is possible for the game to end in a draw, where each player has captured 81.

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