| Win by eliminating all opponent pieces of the same type.
p.
- 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.
+ 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
h3 End of the game
p.
- 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).
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h3 Source
p
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html") Extinction chess
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html")
+ | Extinction chess
| on chessvariants.com.
+
+p Inventor: R. Wayne Schmittberger (1985)