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- figcaption Standard deterministic position
+ figcaption Initial deterministic position
+
+p
+ | The pawns, queen, rook, inverted rook and knights are respectively called
+ | Pincers, Withdrawer, Coordinator, Immobilizer and Long Leapers. They behave
+ | exactly as in Baroque chess - so I won't describe them here, please read
+ | the
+ a(href="/#/variants/Baroque") Baroque rules
+ | .
+
+p.
+ The bishop is a Chameleon, which capture pieces in the way themselves would
+ capture. Its captures are thus the same as in Baroque chess, with a few
+ exceptions: it captures the King and the Mage only when standing
+ on an adjacent square.
+
+h3 New pieces, new movements
+
+p
+ | The inverted queen is a Mage, moving one square diagonally and then
+ | potentially several squares orthogonally as the figure
+ | shows. It captures by replacement. See
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/piececlopedia.dir/griffon.html")
+ | this page
+ | for a detailed introduction to this piece.
+
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+ | fen:xxx2xxx/8/8/8/8/3G4/8/8/8/8/xxx2xxx c7,c8,c9,c10,b7,a7,c5,c4,c3,c2,b5,a5,e5,e4,e3,e2,e1,e7,e8,e9,e10,e11,f7,g7,h7,f5,g5,h5:
+ figcaption Mage movements.
+
+p In this game the Mage is the only piece which cannot be immobilized.
+
+p.
+ The piece looking like a king without a cross moves and captures like a
+ regular king, but has no royal status. It is called a Guard in this game.
p.
- The pawns, queen, rook, inverted rook and knights are respectively called
- Pincers, Withdrawer, Coordinator, Immobilizer and Long Leapers, and behave
- exactly as in Baroque chess - so I won't describe them here, please read the
- Baroque rules.
+ Finally, the king moves like an orthodox knight with an extra ability:
+ he evolves on a cylindrical board. That means he can potentially move to the
+ columns 'a' or 'b' from the columns 'g' or 'h' (and vice versa).
+ He also capture by replacement.
+
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+ | fen:xxx2xxx/8/8/8/8/K7/8/8/8/8/xxx2xxx b4,b8,c5,c7,g5,g7,h4,h8:
+ figcaption King movements.
+h3 End of the game
+
+p.
+ A stalemate is a draw, and a checkmate wins.
+ There are two other options to win a game:
+ul
+ li.
+ Occupy both squares "of the enemy palace" (the two squares of the last
+ rank), or
+ li Capture all opponent' pieces (except the king).
p.
+ You can have one piece in your own palace, but it's forbidden to fully
+ occupy it.
- guard mage king
+h3 Source
+p
+ | The
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/maxima/maxima.html")
+ | Maxima variant
+ | on chessvariants.com.
+p Inventor: Roberto Lavieri (2003)