2 | A horde of 36 pawns is fighting to checkmate the king.
3 | Black goal is to eliminate all white pieces.
6 The initial configuration shows 36 white pawns, filling the four first ranks
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11 | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/1PP2PP1/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP:
12 figcaption Deterministic starting position.
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
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.
26 | This variant is inspired by
27 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/unequal.dir/dunsany.html")
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
33 a(href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/136BCRPzm1QH_OBK3qjKwlmK3MIji7ZmLZPMYgDpmOCU/edit")
35 | about the strategy to adopt for both sides.