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How to play Quoridor: rules and setup

Quoridor is played by 2 players on a board with 9 × 9 squares. White moves first. Reach the opposite edge while using walls to lengthen your opponent's route.

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Quoridor is an abstract race game for two players on a 9×9 board. Each player has a pawn on opposite edges and ten walls. On a turn you either move your pawn one step or place a wall to lengthen your opponent's path, but every wall must leave both players a route to their goal. The first pawn to reach the opposite edge wins. This guide covers Quoridor. Check the movement, capture and game-ending rules below before applying rules from another variant.

Players
2
Board
9 × 9 squares
First move
White moves first.

Ruleset and sources: Quoridor

Setup

Game illustration
Game illustration. Follow the setup instructions to prepare a new game.

Two pawns start in the middle of opposite edges on a 9×9 board. Each player has ten walls.

Board
9 × 9 squares
Players
2
First move
White moves first.
Rules used here
Quoridor

Moves and captures

  • Legal moves

    Either move one orthogonal step or place one wall across two edges. Jump over an adjacent opponent if the cell beyond is accessible. If a wall or the board edge prevents that jump, diagonal steps around that opponent may be available.

  • Using the board

    Tap a marked square to move, or select a wall gap and confirm its placement.

Special rules

  • Walls cannot overlap or cross.

  • Every placement must leave at least one route to the goal for both players.

  • Select a gap, inspect the preview, then confirm.

Winning and draws

  • The first pawn to reach any square on the opposite edge wins.

Example

Sources and rule verification

Ruleset covered
Quoridor
  1. Primary source · Gigamic — Quoridor rules (PDF)
  2. Quoridor — Board Game Arena

This guide describes play on ChessPlayX. Platform-specific conventions are stated in the relevant sections; tournament administration may differ.

A separate rule-review date is not recorded for this guide. The update date is not a verification date.