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9618937e | 2 | | If a piece is checkmated (as if it was a king), it is captured. |
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4 | p. | |
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5 | If a piece is attacked and no orthodox move can prevent its (normal) capture, |
6 | it is considered to be mated and is removed from the board. | |
7 | If such an orthodox move exists, it doesn't have to be played | |
8 | (it could even be illegal because normal captures are forbidden): | |
9 | the piece is not captured. | |
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10 | Thus, kings and other pieces may remain under check. |
11 | ||
12 | p. | |
13 | Pieces cannot be taken in the normal way, only by the "mate-capture" | |
14 | described above. | |
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16 | p The game ends when a king is "mate-captured". |
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18 | figure.diagram-container |
19 | .diagram | |
20 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/p1pppppp/8/8/1P6/2N5/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKBNR: | |
21 | figcaption After 1.b4 b5 2.Nc3X the b5 pawn is "mate-captured" | |
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23 | p. | |
24 | Note about moves notation: since captures do not occur on final squares, | |
25 | an "X" mark is appended to the move to indicate a capture. | |
26 | To keep notation short the potential list of captured squares is not written. | |
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28 | h3 "Suicide" note |
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30 | p. | |
31 | In the current implementation, all pieces except kings can "commit suicide", | |
32 | that is to say move or be left on a square where they are mated. | |
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34 | h3 Source |
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36 | p | |
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37 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/allmate.html") |
38 | | Allmate chess | |
e9b736ee | 39 | | on chessvariants.com. |
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41 | p Inventor: Dr. Chris Taylor (1979) |