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2 | | A new piece appears: the grasshopper (G), jumping over a piece and landing |
3 | | right after. | |
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5 | p. | |
6 | Each player begins with eight grasshoppers between the first rank and the | |
7 | pawns on the third rank. The grasshopper moves potentially in all | |
8 | directions, but needs the help of a piece for its movement : | |
9 | it jumps over the first encountered piece (of any color), | |
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10 | and land on the very next square. This square must be either empty or |
11 | occupied by an enemy piece (which is eaten). | |
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13 | figure.diagram-container | |
14 | .diagram | |
15 | | fen:8/5g2/ppppp3/8/2G2k2/1PPP4/4R3/8 a2,c2,c7,f7,g4: | |
16 | figcaption Possible grasshopper moves from c4. | |
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18 | p. | |
19 | Note: grasshopper moves are not symmetric. | |
20 | On the diagram the black grasshopper cannot capture on c4. | |
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22 | h3 Source | |
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25 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/grashopper.html") |
26 | | Grasshopper Chess | |
b627d118 | 27 | | on chessvariants.com. |
2c5d7b20 | 28 | | This variant is also playable |
b627d118 | 29 | a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=grasshopper") on greenchess.net |
2c5d7b20 | 30 | | . |
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32 | p. |
33 | Inventor: Joseph Boyer (1951), | |
34 | with a piece defined in 1912 by Thomas R. Dawson |