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2 | | A horde of 36 pawns is fighting to checkmate the king. | |
3 | | Black goal is to eliminate all white pieces. | |
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5 | p. | |
6 | The initial configuration shows 36 white pawns, filling the four first ranks | |
7 | and half of the fifth: | |
8 | ||
9 | figure.diagram-container | |
10 | .diagram | |
11 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/1PP2PP1/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP: | |
12 | figcaption Deterministic starting position. | |
13 | ||
14 | p. | |
15 | From white perspective, the material is unusual but the goal is the same as | |
16 | in orthodox chess. Since there is no white king, black wins by capturing all | |
17 | white pieces. | |
18 | ||
19 | p. | |
20 | There is no castling, but en-passant captures may be executed after each two | |
21 | squares pawn move, either from the first or second rank. | |
22 | ||
23 | h3 Source | |
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25 | p | |
26 | | This variant is inspired by | |
27 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/unequal.dir/dunsany.html") | |
28 | | Dunsany's Chess | |
29 | | , invented by Lord Dunsany in 1942. The additional white pawns are here to | |
30 | | balance the game. See also | |
31 | a(href="https://lichess.org/variant/horde") Horde on lichess.org | |
32 | | and | |
33 | a(href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/136BCRPzm1QH_OBK3qjKwlmK3MIji7ZmLZPMYgDpmOCU/edit") | |
34 | | this document | |
35 | | about the strategy to adopt for both sides. |