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- | The capture of an enemy piece produces a new "checkered" piece belonging to both players.
+ | The capture of an enemy piece produces a new "checkered" piece belonging
+ | to both players.
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h3 Basics
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- li Each capture produces a new piece, taking on nature of the capturing or captured one.
- li The new piece arising from a capture has a new color: "checkered", as illustrated above.
- li All checkered pieces belong to the player in turn and can capture the opponents pieces.
+ li
+ | Each capture produces a new piece, taking on nature of
+ | the capturing or captured one.
+ li
+ | The new piece arising from a capture has a new color:
+ | "checkered", as illustrated above.
+ li
+ | All checkered pieces belong to the player in turn and can
+ | capture the opponents pieces.
span Remarks:
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li A checkered move cannot be "undone" right after if this repeat the position.
- li Checkered chess pieces cannot be captured.
+ li Checkered pieces cannot be captured.
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- Black plays Rxh4=P. (Checkered pawn to) h5 is allowed then, because piece's nature changed.
+ Black plays Rxh4=P. (Checkered pawn to) h5 is allowed then,
+ because piece's nature changed.
h3 Pawn moves
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- li A pawn captured on its starting square keeps the right to advance two squares.
- li Checkered pawns cannot capture en passant.
+ li.
+ Pawns can jump two squares only from their initial rank, and only once in the game:
+ a checkered pawn returning on the pawns' start rank cannot jump. However:
+ li.
+ A pawn captured on its starting square (thus becoming "checkered") keeps the
+ right to advance two squares.
+ li.
+ Checkered pawns cannot capture en passant, because while the pawn was "passing"
+ they were of the same color.
h2.stageDelimiter Stage 2
p.warn This stage is not (and probably will never be) implemented.
p.
- During the game one of the two players can decide to take control of the checkered pieces.
+ During the game one of the two players can decide to take control of the
+ checkered pieces.
They thus become autonomous and vulnerable to being captured - stage 2 begins.
The other player is in charge of both the white and black pieces, and tries to
eliminate checkered pieces.
h4 Variant of stage 2
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- An observer could decide to join the game by taking the checkered pieces at any moment.
+ An observer could decide to join the game by taking the checkered pieces
+ at any moment.
It then becomes a chess game with three players, with some subtelties to be resolved.
It was tested in some (real life) games organised by the variant creator.