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2 | Zen chess only change one thing to the standard rules:
3 | 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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6 .diagram
7 | fen:r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R:
8 figcaption After 3.Bb5?? black can play 3...Nxb5 or 3...e5xf3 for example
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10h3 Specifications
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13 li Chessboard: standard.
14 li Material: standard.
15 li Non-capturing moves: standard.
16 li Special moves: standard.
17 li Captures: reverse, as stated above.
18 li End of game: standard; see below.
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20h3 End of the game
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22p Conforming to the rule, the king captures the pieces which are attacking him.
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25 .diagram
26 | fen:8/8/8/3r1k2/8/8/3K4/8:
27 figcaption The white king can take the rook
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29p However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess - and it's the only exception.
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32 .diagram
33 | fen:r7/2n5/1q6/5k2/8/8/K7/8:
34 figcaption The king cannot take on a8 because it's guarded by the knight: it's checkmate
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36h3 Credits
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38p.
39 Very few resources about this variation: #[a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage]
40 and #[a(href="http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ZenChess.htm") this one].
41 Ed Friedlander developed the Zen Chess applet from the link above.