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1 | p.boxed |
2 | | Capturing pieces don't move. | |
3 | ||
4 | p. | |
5 | Everything is the same as in orthodox chess, except that after capturing | |
6 | a piece, the attacker stay still. | |
7 | ||
8 | figure.diagram-container | |
9 | .diagram.diag12 | |
10 | | fen:r1bqkbnr/p1pppppp/1pn5/7Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR: | |
11 | .diagram.diag22 | |
12 | | fen:r1bqkbnr/p1ppp2p/1pn5/7Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR: | |
13 | figcaption Left: after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Qh5 b6??. Right: after 3.Qxf7+ g6 4.Qxg6#. | |
14 | ||
15 | p. | |
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16 | This "small" difference alters the strategy a lot: guarding pieces is |
17 | useless, for example, and the king cannot escape a distant check by | |
18 | capturing. | |
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20 | h3 Source | |
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22 | p | |
23 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/rifle.html") Rifle Chess | |
24 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
d048c4c9 | 25 | |
5b18515f | 26 | p Inventor: William Buehler Seabrook (1921) |