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   9 <h1>Chakart Rules</h1>
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  12   <p>
  13     Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power"
  14     inspired by Mario Kart:
  15   </p>
  16   <ul>
  17     <li>
  18       The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square,
  19       or on the intermediate one in case of a two squares move.
  20     </li>
  21     <li>
  22       The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square.
  23       See about egg effect below.
  24     </li>
  25     <li>
  26       The rook (Donkey) put a banana on a square diagonally adjacent to the
  27       arrival one, at random, if possible.
  28     </li>
  29     <li>
  30       The bishop (Wario) put a bomb on a square orthogonally adjacent to the
  31       arrival one, at random, if possible.
  32     </li>
  33     <li>
  34       The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game:
  35       the opponent will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square.
  36       A promoted queen also has this power if not already used.
  37     </li>
  38     <li>
  39       The king (Peach) can "throw a shell" on an enemy reachable by a queen,
  40       once in the game. A promoted king also has this power, if not already
  41       used. The capture is done remotely without moving.
  42     </li>
  43   </ul>
  44   <p>The king cannot castle, and pawns don't capture en passant.</p>
  45   <figure>
  46     <div class="diag"
  47          data-fen='qbbrrnek/pppppppp/5n2/8/1BwP4/3m4/PPP1PPPP/QBNN1KRR b 3 {"flags":"1111"}'>
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  49     <figcaption>After 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bb4 (put a bomb on c4).</figcaption>
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  54   <p>
  55     So the goal is to capture Peach :) If pawns promoted into king, then all
  56     of them must be captured. Since it still looked too easy, the 4 mentioned
  57     objects alter the move played, generally at random:
  58   </p>
  59   <ul>
  60     <li>
  61       A king or a pawn arriving on a mushroom advance one square further,
  62       while a knight jump another time in the same direction, if possible.
  63       Pawns can "eat" objects diagonally too.
  64       Mushrooms have no effect on sliders (queen, rook, bishop).
  65     </li>
  66     <li>
  67       A piece arriving on a banana (resp. bomb) is redirected at random by one
  68       square in an orthogonal (resp. diagonal) direction. If a piece (of any
  69       color!) stands on that square, then it is captured.
  70     </li>
  71     <li>
  72       The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the pawn
  73       "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected toward e5: mushroom,
  74       it jumps to the next square, which sends it on d5 eating the white rook.
  75       (We can imagine that the hope was to eat the black knight instead).
  76       A piece may ends on its initial square, move back, and so on. That being
  77       said, a given object can only be used once on the path.
  78     </li>
  79   </ul>
  80   <figure>
  81     <div class="diag left"
  82          data-fen='rn1b2qk/pbpp1ppp/1w2wp2/1p1Rm3/3PdnPr/4PPd1/PPP1m2P/NNB1KRQB b 1 {"flags":"1111"}'>
  83     </div>
  84     <div class="diag right"
  85          data-fen='rn1b2qk/pbpp1ppp/1w3p2/1p1P4/3P1nPr/4P1d1/PPP1m2P/NNB1KRQB w 2 {"flags":"1111"}'>
  86     </div>
  87     <figcaption>Left: before 1.fxe4. Right: after the move, ending on d6.</figcaption>
  88   </figure>
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  92   <p>
  93     The egg case is more complex: a move ending on an egg triggers an effect
  94     chosen at random, positive or negative. There are four bonus and four
  95     penalties. They are introduced in a dual form: first the positive, then
  96     the negative.
  97   </p>
  98   <ul>
  99     <li>
 100       King Boo (*B) let you exchange the position of any pair of pieces on the
 101       board.
 102     </li>
 103     <li>Koopa (*K) drives the piece back onto its initial square.</li>
 104     <li>
 105       Toadette (*T) allows to place a new &mdash; random &mdash; piece on the
 106       board. If the piece is dropped on an egg, banana or bomb, its effects
 107       are applied.
 108     </li>
 109     <li>
 110       Chomp (*C) eats the piece, which is thus captured. If it's Peach, then
 111       bad luck, game over :)
 112     </li>
 113     <li>Daisy (*D) allows to play again with any of your pieces.</li>
 114     <li>
 115       Bowser (*M) immobilizes the piece (which is surrounded by a light green
 116       halo). It won't be allowed to move on the next turn.
 117     </li>
 118     <li>Luigi (*L) changes the color of a random enemy piece.</li>
 119     <li>Waluigi (*W) changes the color of one of your pieces (at random).</li>
 120   </ul>
 121   <figure>
 122     <div class="diag left"
 123          data-fen='erk2rq1/1m2e1m1/mppmne1m/p1BpppPp/mm1P1QbP/1Nmnw1dm/e1mP2d1/1BwR1RKN b 1 {"flags":"1111"}'>
 124     </div>
 125     <div class="diag right"
 126          data-fen='erk3Q1/1m2e1d1/mppmnr1m/p1BpppPp/mm1P1QbP/1Nmnw1dm/e1mP2d1/1BwR1RKN w 2 {"flags":"1111"}'>
 127     </div>
 128     <figcaption>
 129       1...Rxf6*W: Waluigi turns the g8 queen into white.
 130       This last can then capture the king. Bad luck :(
 131     </figcaption>
 132   </figure>
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