Attempt to clarify installation instructions a little
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2 | "Capturing" a piece creates an union,
3 | which your opponent can still use on his turn.
4 | Enter an union to release your piece.
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7 The variant's name means "Chess of Peace" in Esperanto.
8 Paco-Sako was invented by Felix Albers in 2017, and further developped
9 also by Rolf Kreibaum and Raimond Fluijt.
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12 | You can learn more about the variant's history and buy nice dedicated
13 | pieces (and boards) on the official website
14 a(href="http://pacosako.com/") pacosako.com
15 | . The variant is playable online at
16 a(href="http://pacoplay.com/") pacoplay.com
affde3c7 17 | . You're invited to play over there instead :-)
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18 | Besides, they have cuter unions' drawings.
19
20h3 Basic rules
21
22p.
23 There are no captures in this game: only unions of pieces,
24 which are released when replaced by another friendly piece.
25 The goal is to create an union with the enemy king.
26 I like to think of unions as "pieces dancing together", so both
27 terms will be used on this page.
28
29figure.showPieces.text-center
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30 img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wc.png" style="width:60px")
31 img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bc.png" style="width:60px")
32 img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bt.png" style="width:60px")
33 img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wv.png" style="width:60px")
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34 figcaption Some union pieces.
35
36p.
37 At each turn, a player chooses either one of his pieces or an union piece;
38 let's write this piece A.
39ul
40 li.
41 Case 1: A is a dancing piece. Then, it's only allowed to move
42 to a vacant square according to our piece's type.
43 li.
44 Case 2: A is a standard piece.
45 It can then be moved anywhere but on our own (normal) pieces.
46 "Capturing" an enemy piece creates an union composed of both pieces.
47 "Capturing" an union releases our piece formerly in union,
48 which has to be moved immediately by the same player. It can in turn
49 release another piece, thus following a chain of unions.
50
51p
52 | This may appear confusing at first reading, but is simpler than it seems.
53 | See for example this
54 a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2JLsFvfxI") gameplay video
55 | , or another one from the same YouTube channel.
56
57figure.diagram-container
58 .diagram.diag12
59 | fen:4k3/8/2q5/8/4O3/2w2B2/8/5K2:
60 .diagram.diag22
61 | fen:4k3/8/2Y5/8/4s3/2S5/8/5K2:
62 figcaption Before and after the chaining move Bxe4, Ne4xc3, Qc3xc6.
63
64h3 Special moves, additional notes
65
66p.
67 "Capturing" an union en passant releases our dancing piece from the
68 intermediate square.
69
70p Promotion occur when any pawn (in union or not) reaches its final rank.
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73 Castling is forbidden if a direct or "chained" attack exists on any square
74 in the king's path. However, direct or chained attacks on the king are
75 otherwise ignored: you can run or remain into "check".
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76
77figure.diagram-container
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78 .diagram
79 | fen:r1q1k2r/p1Pb1ppp/5n2/1f1p4/AV5P/2dDP3/P2B1PP1/R3K1NR:
4a209313 80 figcaption.
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81 Black cannot castle because of the chain Bxc3, c3xb5, b5xb4, b4xf8
82
83h3 Non-official rules
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84
85p.
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86 I added some small changes, globally to complicate defense.
87 These are not in the official rules.
89a6214b 88 To disable them, check the box "pacoplay mode".
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91 li.
92 Canceling an union move is forbidden. For example if a bishop is
93 dancing with a queen, and makes the move e5 to g3, the other player
94 cannot move it back to e5 just after.
95 li.
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96 Pawns (or pawns in unions) can advance two squares from their initial
97 position, but you may only do that once per file.
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98 li.
99 If you form an union with your king but end dancing with the
100 other king on the other end of the chain, the game is a draw.
101
102figure.diagram-container
103 .diagram.diag12
104 | fen:r2qk2r/pbpe1pp1/np5p/2b1p3/4P1t1/2N3K1/PPPP1PPP/R1B3NR:
105 .diagram.diag22
106 | fen:r2qX2r/pbpf1pp1/np5p/2b1p3/4P1u1/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1B3NR:
107 figcaption Before and after Kxg4, g4xd7, d7xe8 1/2
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109h3 More information
110
111p
112 | The authors wrote
113 a(href="/variants/Pacosako/manual.pdf") a manual
114 |  with many more diagrams and explanations.
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115 | See also the rules
116 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/paco-shako")
117 | on chessvariants.com
118 | .