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   2   White has only six pawns and the king, but move twice at each turn.
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   4 figure.diagram-container
   5   .diagram
   6     | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/1PPPPPP1/4K3:
   7   figcaption Standard deterministic position
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  10   The white army can appear much too small, but the power to move twice in a
  11   row shouldn't be underestimated. At each turn white plays two moves
  12   without any constraint. The goal is to capture the king.
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  14 figure.diagram-container
  15   .diagram.diag12
  16     | fen:rbbknn1r/1p2pp1p/2p3qK/p2p2p1/2PPP3/8/5P2/8:
  17   .diagram.diag22
  18     | fen:3rq3/1p4p1/1k1pKp2/3P1P1n/p7/5n2/8/8:
  19   figcaption Left: not a checkmate! Right: a "Monster-checkmate".
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  22   | The diagram position on the left looks pretty much like a checkmate,
  23   | but white can take the queen and come back to the h6 square. Finally,
  24   | white can mate in an unusual way, like the following diagram found
  25   a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_chess") on Wikipedia
  26   | . There is no way for the black king to avoid being captured since white
  27   | plays twice (the threat is 2.d7,dxe8).
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  29 figure.diagram-container
  30   .diagram.diag12
  31     | fen:4k3/8/4P3/8/3P4/8/2q5/7K:
  32   .diagram.diag22
  33     | fen:4k3/8/3PP3/8/8/8/2q5/7K:
  34   figcaption Left: before 1.d5,d6. Right: after this move:, it's checkmate.
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  36 h3 More information
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  39   | Ralph Betza analyses this variant and the double move on
  40   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html")
  41     | this page
  42   | . There seems to be a common belief that black should win with accurate
  43   | play, but it's clearly hard to demonstrate. And if someone can show a
  44   | winning strategy, we'll add some white material to balance this game.
  45   | Meanwhile, the variant is also playable
  46   a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=monster") on greenchess.net
  47   | .