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| Zen chess only change one thing to the standard rules:
- | a piece A captures an opponent piece B if and only if B can take A according to the orthodox rules.
+ | a piece A captures an opponent piece B if and only if B can take A
+ | according to the orthodox rules.
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| fen:8/8/8/3r1k2/8/8/3K4/8:
figcaption The white king can take the rook
-p However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess - and it's the only exception.
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+ However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess -
+ and it's the only exception.
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| fen:r7/2n5/1q6/5k2/8/8/K7/8:
- figcaption The king cannot take on a8 because it's guarded by the knight: it's checkmate
+ figcaption.
+ The king cannot take on a8 because it's guarded by the knight: it's checkmate
h3 Credits
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- Very few resources about this variation: #[a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage]
+ Very few resources about this variation:
+ #[a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage]
and #[a(href="http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ZenChess.htm") this one].
- Ed Friedlander developed the Zen Chess applet from the link above.