Chakart Rules

- Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power" inspired by - Mario Kart: + Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power" + inspired by Mario Kart:

- The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square, or on - the intermediate one in case of a two squares move. + The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square, + or on the intermediate one in case of a two squares move.
- The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square. See about - egg effect below. + The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square. + See about egg effect below.
The rook (Donkey) put a banana on a square diagonally adjacent to the @@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ arrival one, at random, if possible.
- The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game: the opponent - will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square. + The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game: + the opponent will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square. A promoted queen also has this power if not already used.
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@
The king cannot castle, and pawns don't capture en passant.

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After 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bb4 (put a bomb on c4).

@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ A king or a pawn arriving on a mushroom advance one square further, while a knight jump another time in the same direction, if possible. Pawns can "eat" objects diagonally too. + Mushrooms have no effect on sliders (queen, rook, bishop).
A piece arriving on a banana (resp. bomb) is redirected at random by one @@ -70,24 +70,22 @@ color!) stands on that square, then it is captured.
- The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the bishop - "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected twoard e5: mushroom, - it jumps over the black pawn to ends on the bomb on e7, which sends it - on d6 (f6 and f8 were possible too). A bomb is finally put on c6 which - is the only eligible square. A piece may ends on its initial square, - move back, and so on. That being said, a given object can only be used - once on the path. + The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the pawn + "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected toward e5: mushroom, + it jumps to the next square, which sends it on d5 eating the white rook. + (We can imagine that the hope was to eat the black knight instead). + A piece may ends on its initial square, move back, and so on. That being + said, a given object can only be used once on the path.

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Left: before 1.Bxe4. Right: after the move, ending on d6.

Left: before 1.fxe4. Right: after the move, ending on d6.

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