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   1 p.boxed.
   2   Most pieces look as usual but behave differently.
   3   They generally move like an orthodox queen,
   4   but capturing rules are more complex.
   5
   6 p.
   7   This variant comes from an attempt to fix some issues with Baroque variant,
   8   which "favors the defense over the attack, and is lacking in clarity"
   9   (from the introduction of the Rococo rules; see the link at the bottom of
  10   the page).
  11
  12 h4 Pieces names
  13
  14 p Pieces names refer to the way they capture, which is described later.
  15 ul
  16   li Pawn : Cannon Pawn
  17   li Rook : Swapper
  18   li Knight : Long Leaper
  19   li Bishop : Vhameleon
  20   li Queen : "Pushme-Pullyu"
  21   li King : King (same behavior as in standard chess)
  22 p.
  23   Besides, a new piece is introduced: the immobilizer, written by the letter
  24   'M'. It is represented by an upside-down rook:
  25
  26 figure.diagram-container
  27   .diagram
  28     | fen:91/91/91/5m4/91/91/91/4M5/91/91:
  29   figcaption Immobilizers on e3 and f7.
  30
  31 p The board is of size 10x10 to facilitate captures, as explained below.
  32
  33 h3 Non-capturing moves
  34
  35 p The king moves (and captures) as usual.
  36
  37 p.
  38   Cannon Pawns move without capturing two ways: either a single step in any
  39   direction, or, they may leap over an adjacent piece of either side to the
  40   empty square just beyond.
  41
  42 figure.diagram-container
  43   .diagram
  44     | fen:91/91/91/91/4b5/4P5/5Q4/91/91/91 e4,d4,d5,d6,f6,f5,e7,g3:
  45   figcaption Squares where the pawn can move to (without capturing).
  46
  47 p All other pieces move like an orthodox queen.
  48
  49 p.
  50   When a piece is next to an enemy immobilizer, it cannot move but
  51   is allowed a special "suicide" move: it can disappear by "capturing" the
  52   immobilizer (to trigger the move on the interface).
  53
  54 h3 Capturing moves
  55
  56 p.
  57   As said above, the king captures as usual. However, all other pieces have
  58   a new way of capturing - when they can. Indeed the immobilizer doesn't
  59   capture, and the swapper can only capture a piece when it stands next to him.
  60   In this case he disappears as well in the process.
  61
  62 p.
  63   The edge of the board can be reached only by capturing, only if landing on
  64   the edge is the only way to do some capture, and that there exist no other
  65   such captures with a smallest move length. The move length is the distance
  66   between the initial and destination squares.
  67
  68 h4 (Cannon) Pawns
  69
  70 p.
  71   Cannon pawns capture by leaping over an adjacent piece (the mount), landing
  72   on the opposing piece just beyond the mount.
  73
  74 figure.diagram-container
  75   .diagram
  76     | fen:91/91/91/4p5/4b5/1rB1P5/5Q4/2p3q3/91/91 e7,g3:
  77   figcaption Possible pawn captures.
  78
  79 h4 "Pushme-Pullyu" (Queen)
  80
  81 p.
  82   The queen captures on the square just after where she stops (if any
  83   opponent's piece stands there), and also on the square initially just behind
  84   her. It is a combination of a Withdrawer and an Advancer, as described on
  85   the rules page on chessvariants (see the link at the bottom).
  86
  87 figure.diagram-container
  88   .diagram
  89     | fen:91/91/91/91/2bQ4r1/91/91/91/91/91 h6:
  90   figcaption.
  91     Any move to the right will capture the bishop; only a move to the marked
  92     spot will also capture the rook.
  93
  94 h4 Rook (Swapper)
  95
  96 p.
  97   The rook can swap its position with any enemy piece in the attacking
  98   line of an orthodox queen, as illustrated below.
  99
 100 figure.diagram-container
 101   .diagram.diag12
 102     | fen:91/91/7k2/91/91/91/2n7/2R7/91/91:
 103   .diagram.diag22
 104     | fen:91/91/7R2/91/91/91/2n7/2k7/91/91:
 105   figcaption Before and after a rook swap with the king.
 106
 107 p.
 108   Moreover, if the rook stands just next to an enemy piece (like the knight
 109   here), it can choose to capture it by a "kamikaze" attack: indeed it get
 110   self-destroyed in the process.
 111
 112 h4 Other pieces
 113
 114 p.
 115   The Long Leaper, Immobilizer and Chameleon behave as in the Baroque
 116   variant playable on this site: please refer to these rules description. There
 117   is only one change is in the immobilizing rules, which are simpler here:
 118   immobilizers powers are not canceled by the chameleons.
 119
 120 h3 End of the game
 121
 122 p.
 123   The game ends by checkmate or stalemate as in standard chess.
 124   Just pay attention to the capturing rules :)
 125
 126 h3 Source
 127
 128 p
 129   | The
 130   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/rococo.html") Rococo variant
 131   | &nbsp;on chessvariants.com.
 132
 133 p Inventors: Peter Aronson and David Howe (2002)