in play. Scoring A match consists of more than one game. Players agree beforehand how the winner will be determined. A couple of methods are typically used: Playing a fixed number of games: Each game is scored by the number of pieces in play at the end of the game. The winner is the player with higher total points after all games have finished. Playing to a fixed number of points: New games are played until one player reaches or exceeds the winning point total. Strategy In general, pieces are more powerful toward the centre of the board, where they are in one or two sets of loops. Pieces on the corner, on the other hand, are easy to trap, as the spaces next to the corner can be attacked in a number of directions. Computer opponents Surakarta is one of the games played regularly at the annual Computer Olympiad. Variants Surakarta variants are also played in rural China and Korea, with slightly different rules and boards. In these variants, pieces cannot step diagonally, and can slide along the outer circuit without capturing a piece. A 7x7 grid variant with 14 pieces for each player is played in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia and is called Bas-basan sepur. Whereas the game Surakarta is smaller with a 6x6 grid and only 12 pieces, but both games have the two capturing circuits (inner and outer circuits), and employ the same rules. Bas-basan sepur today is rarely known in Yogyakarta with only 5.6% of participants in one 2016 survey showing knowledge of the game. Back in the 1980s the game was played often in some areas of Yogyakarta (such at the Imogiri and Bantul areas). Notes References Bibliography External links Surakarta printable board https://sites.google.com/view/cavegames-surakarta/home Surakarta for Android Khamadi et al, Perancangan Konsep Adaptasi Permainan Tradisional Bas-Basan Sepur Dalam Permainan Digital "Amukti Palapa" Abstract strategy games Traditional board games Indonesian inventions Indonesian traditional games