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2 | The capture of an enemy piece produces a new "checkered" piece belonging to both players.
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5 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cp.png")
6 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cr.png")
7 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cn.png")
8 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cb.png")
9 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cq.png")
10 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/no_ck.png")
11 figcaption Checkered pieces, born after captures.
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13h3 Specifications
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16 li Chessboard: standard.
17 li Material: additional checkered pieces.
18 li Non-capturing moves: standard; see below.
19 li Special moves: standard; see below.
20 li Captures: standard; see below.
21 li End of game: standard.
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23p The game potentially evolves in two stages.
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25h2.stageDelimiter Stage 1
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27h3 Basics
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30 li Each capture produces a new piece, taking on nature of the capturing or captured one.
31 li The new piece arising from a capture has a new color: "checkered", as illustrated above.
32 li All checkered pieces belong to the player in turn and can capture the opponents pieces.
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34span Remarks:
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36 li A checkered move cannot be "undone" right after if this repeat the position.
37 li Checkered chess pieces cannot be captured.
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40 .diagram
41 | fen:2kr4/pp6/2p5/4ss1r/1P2ns1P/2Np4/P1P1P1BP/R2o1RK1:
42 figcaption.
43 Black plays Rxh4=P. (Checkered pawn to) h5 is allowed then, because piece's nature changed.
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45h3 Pawn moves
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48 li A pawn captured on its starting square keeps the right to advance two squares.
49 li Checkered pawns cannot capture en passant.
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51h2.stageDelimiter Stage 2
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56 During the game one of the two players can decide to take control of the checkered pieces.
57 They thus become autonomous and vulnerable to being captured - stage 2 begins.
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58 The other player is in charge of both the white and black pieces, and tries to
59 eliminate checkered pieces.
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60 The checkered side wins by checkmating either the white or black king.
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62h4 Variant of stage 2
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64 An observer could decide to join the game by taking the checkered pieces at any moment.
65 It then becomes a chess game with three players, with some subtelties to be resolved.
66 It was tested in some (real life) games organised by the variant creator.
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68h3 Special moves
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70span Checkered pawns can...
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72 li move and capture in either direction;
73 li take en passant,
74 li be promoted on either the first or eighth row.
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76h3 Credits
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79 li.
80 The rules of Checkered Chess were thought up by Patrick Bernier and developed
81 with the help of Benjamin Auder.
82 li.
83 Thanks also to Olive Martin, Christian Poisson, Bevis Martin, Laurent Nouhaud
84 and Frédéric Fradet.