Attempt to clarify installation instructions a little
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2 Pieces generally move like an orthodox queen,
3 but capture according to complexe rules.
4
5p.
6 This variant comes from an attempt to fix some issues with Baroque variant,
7 which "favors the defense over the attack, and is lacking in clarity"
8 (from the introduction of the Rococo rules; see the link at the bottom of
9 the page).
10
11h4 Pieces names
12
13p Pieces names refer to the way they capture, which is described later.
14ul
15 li Pawn : Cannon Pawn
16 li Rook : Swapper
17 li Knight : Long Leaper
18 li Bishop : Chameleon
19 li Queen : "Pushme-Pullyu"
20 li King : King (same behavior as in standard chess)
21p.
22 Besides, a new piece is introduced: the immobilizer, written by the letter
23 'M'. It is represented by an upside-down rook:
24
25figure.diagram-container
26 .diagram
27 | fen:91/91/91/5m4/91/91/91/4M5/91/91:
28 figcaption Immobilizers on e3 and f7.
29
30p The board is of size 10x10 to facilitate captures, as explained below.
31
32h3 Non-capturing moves
33
34p The king moves (and captures) as usual.
35
36p.
37 Cannon Pawns move without capturing two ways: either a single step in any
38 direction, or, they may leap over an adjacent piece of either side to the
39 empty square just beyond.
40
41figure.diagram-container
42 .diagram
43 | fen:91/91/91/91/4b5/4P5/5Q4/91/91/91 e4,d4,d5,d6,f6,f5,e7,g3:
44 figcaption Squares where the pawn can move to (without capturing).
45
46p All other pieces move like an orthodox queen.
47
48p.
49 When a piece is next to an enemy immobilizer, it cannot move but
50 is allowed a special "suicide" move: it can disappear by "capturing" the
51 immobilizer (to trigger the move on the interface).
52
53h3 Capturing moves
54
55p.
56 As said above, the king captures as usual. However, all other pieces have
57 a new way of capturing - when they can. Indeed the immobilizer doesn't
58 capture, and the swapper can only capture a piece when it stands next to him.
59 In this case he disappears as well in the process.
60
61p.
62 The edge of the board can be reached only by capturing, only if landing on
63 the edge is the only way to do some capture, and that there exist no other
64 such captures with a smallest move length. The move length is the distance
65 between the initial and destination squares.
66
67h4 (Cannon) Pawns
68
69p.
70 Cannon pawns capture by leaping over an adjacent piece (the mount), landing
71 on the opposing piece just beyond the mount.
72
73figure.diagram-container
74 .diagram
75 | fen:91/91/91/4p5/4b5/1rB1P5/5Q4/2p3q3/91/91 e7,g3:
76 figcaption Possible pawn captures.
77
78h4 "Pushme-Pullyu" (Queen)
79
80p.
81 The queen captures on the square just after where she stops (if any
82 opponent's piece stands there), and also on the square initially just behind
83 her. It is a combination of a Withdrawer and an Advancer, as described on
84 the rules page on chessvariants (see the link at the bottom).
85
86figure.diagram-container
87 .diagram
88 | fen:91/91/91/91/2bQ4r1/91/91/91/91/91 h6:
89 figcaption.
90 Any move to the right will capture the bishop; only a move to the marked
91 spot will also capture the rook.
92
93h4 Rook (Swapper)
94
95p.
96 The rook can swap its position with any enemy piece in the attacking
97 line of an orthodox queen, as illustrated below.
98
99figure.diagram-container
100 .diagram.diag12
101 | fen:91/91/7k2/91/91/91/2n7/2R7/91/91:
102 .diagram.diag22
103 | fen:91/91/7R2/91/91/91/2n7/2k7/91/91:
104 figcaption Before and after a rook swap with the king.
105
106p.
107 Moreover, if the rook stands just next to an enemy piece (like the knight
108 here), it can choose to capture it by a "kamikaze" attack: indeed it get
109 self-destroyed in the process.
110
111h4 Other pieces
112
113p.
114 The Long Leaper, Immobilizer and Chameleon behave as in the Baroque
115 variant playable on this site: please refer to these rules description. There
116 is only one change is in the immobilizing rules, which are simpler here:
117 immobilizers powers are not canceled by the chameleons.
118
119h3 End of the game
120
121p.
122 The game ends by checkmate or stalemate as in standard chess.
123 Just pay attention to the capturing rules :)
124
125h3 Source
126
127p
128 | The
129 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/rococo.html") Rococo variant
130 |  on chessvariants.com.
131
132p Inventors: Peter Aronson and David Howe (2002)