X-Git-Url: https://git.auder.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=views%2Frules%2FUpsidedown%2Fen.pug;fp=views%2Frules%2FUpsidedown%2Fen.pug;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=625022fdcf750f0aff8fcd699f7e9b89730e1d10;hp=8d4fa73beb1458f94ba05379883fffd231940a1e;hpb=b955c65b942d09d24b5c3bed0d755d4f2f8f71f1;p=vchess.git diff --git a/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug b/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug deleted file mode 100644 index 8d4fa73b..00000000 --- a/views/rules/Upsidedown/en.pug +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -p.boxed - | Pawns start on the 7th rank. Move a knight to promote them. - -h3 Divergences - -p No castle, no en-passant capture. - -p. - ...Only the initial position changes, but this makes a huge difference. - In particular, castling would be rather pointless so it's disabled here. - En-passant captures are impossible because all pawns already reached 7th rank. - -h3 About the initial position - -p. - Since truly random start can allow a mate in 3 with a knight, - the kings have at least one knight neighbor in the initial position. - This allows to move free out of potential check from the very beginning. - -p. - A less constraining condition would be to require the two knights to stand on - two squares of different colors, but it's not enough as proved by the - following diagram. - White can mate in 3: 1.Nc6 followed by Nb4 threatening both a2 and d3. - -figure.diagram-container - .diagram - | fen:RBN1BRRQ/PPPPPPP/8/4n3/8/8/Nppppppp/brkbqr1n: - figcaption After 1.Nc6 Nf3 2.Nb4 Ne5 (covers d3 but not a2) 3.Nxa2# - -h3 Source - -p - | See for example the - a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/upside.html") Upside down chess - |  page on chessvariants.com.