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2 | A piece 'A' captures an opponent piece 'B' if and only if B can take A
3 | according to the orthodox rules.
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5 figure.diagram-container
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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10 h3 End of the game
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12 p Conforming to the rule, the king captures the pieces which are attacking him.
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14 figure.diagram-container
15 .diagram
16 | fen:8/8/8/3r1k2/8/8/3K4/8:
17 figcaption The white king can take the rook
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19 p.
20 However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess -
21 and it's the only exception.
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23 figure.diagram-container
24 .diagram
25 | fen:r7/2n5/1q6/5k2/8/8/K7/8:
26 figcaption.
27 The king cannot take on a8 because it's guarded by the knight: it's checkmate
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29 h3 Source
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31 p.
32 | Very few resources about this variation: I found
33 a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage
34 |  and
35 a(href="http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ZenChess.htm") this one
36 | .