- | Win by eliminating all opponent pieces of the same type.
-
-h3 Specifications
-
-ul
- li Chessboard: standard.
- li Material: standard.
- li Non-capturing moves: standard.
- li Special moves: standard.
- li Captures: standard.
- li End of game: pieces extinction.
-
-h3 Basics
+ | Win by eliminating all opponent pieces of the same type.
- Standard rules apply, but the game ends when all pieces of a kind disappeared.
- Kings are treated as normal pieces (no royal power), but may castle -
- without any concern about checks.
- Pawns may promote into king.
- If all pieces of a kind disappear, the game is lost; except if it's a
- pawns extinction which results in a non-pawn extinction by capturing and
- promoting on the last rank.
+ Standard rules apply, but the game ends when all pieces of a kind
+ disappeared. Kings are treated as normal pieces (no royal power), but may
+ castle - without any concern about checks.
+ Pawns may promote into king.
+ If all pieces of a kind disappear, the game is lost; except if it's a
+ pawns extinction which results in a non-pawn extinction by capturing and
+ promoting on the last rank.
- Win by eliminating all enemy pawns, or rooks, or knights, or bishops, or queen(s),
- or king(s) (there may be several if promotions happened).
+ Win by eliminating all enemy pawns, or rooks, or knights, or bishops, or
+ queen(s), or king(s) (there may be several if promotions happened).
- .diagram
- | fen:n3brk1/5ppp/3q4/8/8/8/1Q3PPP/K1R1B1N1:
- figcaption White can win in 2 moves: 1.Qb7, 2.QxN
+ .diagram
+ | fen:n3brk1/5ppp/3q4/8/8/8/1Q3PPP/K1R1B1N1:
+ figcaption White can win in 2 moves: 1.Qb7, 2.QxN
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html") Extinction chess
- | on chessvariants.com.
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html")
+ | Extinction chess
+ | on chessvariants.com.
+
+p Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger (1985)