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+p.boxed.
+ Most pieces look as usual but behave differently.
+ They generally move like an orthodox queen,
+ but capturing rules are more complex.
+
+p.
+ This variant comes from an attempt to fix some issues with Baroque variant,
+ which "favors the defense over the attack, and is lacking in clarity"
+ (from the introduction of the Rococo rules; see the link at the bottom of
+ the page).
+
+h4 Pieces names
+
+p Pieces names refer to the way they capture, which is described later.
+ul
+ li Pawn : Cannon Pawn
+ li Rook : Swapper
+ li Knight : Long Leaper
+ li Bishop : Vhameleon
+ li Queen : "Pushme-Pullyu"
+ li King : King (same behavior as in standard chess)
+p.
+ Besides, a new piece is introduced: the immobilizer, written by the letter
+ 'M'. It is represented by an upside-down rook:
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:91/91/91/5m4/91/91/91/4M5/91/91:
+ figcaption Immobilizers on e3 and f7.
+
+p The board is of size 10x10 to facilitate captures, as explained below.
+
+h3 Non-capturing moves
+
+p The king moves (and captures) as usual.
+
+p.
+ Cannon Pawns move without capturing two ways: either a single step in any
+ direction, or, they may leap over an adjacent piece of either side to the
+ empty square just beyond.
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:91/91/91/91/4b5/4P5/5Q4/91/91/91 e4,d4,d5,d6,f6,f5,e7,g3:
+ figcaption Squares where the pawn can move to (without capturing).
+
+p All other pieces move like an orthodox queen.
+
+p.
+ When a piece is next to an enemy immobilizer, it cannot move but
+ is allowed a special "suicide" move: it can disappear by "capturing" the
+ immobilizer (to trigger the move on the interface).
+
+h3 Capturing moves
+
+p.
+ As said above, the king captures as usual. However, all other pieces have
+ a new way of capturing - when they can. Indeed the immobilizer doesn't
+ capture, and the swapper can only capture a piece when it stands next to him.
+ In this case he disappears as well in the process.
+
+p.
+ The edge of the board can be reached only by capturing, only if landing on
+ the edge is the only way to do some capture, and that there exist no other
+ such captures with a smallest move length. The move length is the distance
+ between the initial and destination squares.
+
+h4 (Cannon) Pawns
+
+p.
+ Cannon pawns capture by leaping over an adjacent piece (the mount), landing
+ on the opposing piece just beyond the mount.
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:91/91/91/4p5/4b5/1rB1P5/5Q4/2p3q3/91/91 e7,g3:
+ figcaption Possible pawn captures.
+
+h4 "Pushme-Pullyu" (Queen)
+
+p.
+ The queen captures on the square just after where she stops (if any
+ opponent's piece stands there), and also on the square initially just behind
+ her. It is a combination of a Withdrawer and an Advancer, as described on
+ the rules page on chessvariants (see the link at the bottom).
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:91/91/91/91/2bQ4r1/91/91/91/91/91 h6:
+ figcaption.
+ Any move to the right will capture the bishop; only a move to the marked
+ spot will also capture the rook.
+
+h4 Rook (Swapper)
+
+p.
+ The rook can swap its position with any enemy piece in the attacking
+ line of an orthodox queen, as illustrated below.
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram.diag12
+ | fen:91/91/7k2/91/91/91/2n7/2R7/91/91:
+ .diagram.diag22
+ | fen:91/91/7R2/91/91/91/2n7/2k7/91/91:
+ figcaption Before and after a rook swap with the king.
+
+p.
+ Moreover, if the rook stands just next to an enemy piece (like the knight
+ here), it can choose to capture it by a "kamikaze" attack: indeed it get
+ self-destroyed in the process.
+
+h4 Other pieces
+
+p.
+ The Long Leaper, Immobilizer and Chameleon behave as in the Baroque
+ variant playable on this site: please refer to these rules description. There
+ is only one change is in the immobilizing rules, which are simpler here:
+ immobilizers powers are not canceled by the chameleons.
+
+h3 End of the game
+
+p.
+ The game ends by checkmate or stalemate as in standard chess.
+ Just pay attention to the capturing rules :)
+
+h3 Source
+
+p
+ | The
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/rococo.html") Rococo variant
+ | on chessvariants.com.
+
+p Inventors: Peter Aronson and David Howe (2002)
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