views/rules/Checkered.pug

   1 p.boxed
   2     | The capture of an enemy piece produces a new "checkered" piece belonging to both players.
   3
   4 figure.showPieces.center-align
   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.
  12
  13 h3 Specifications
  14
  15 ul
  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.
  22
  23 p The game potentially evolves in two stages.
  24
  25 h2.stageDelimiter Stage 1
  26
  27 h3 Basics
  28
  29 ol
  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.
  33
  34 span Remarks:
  35 ul
  36     li A checkered move cannot be "undone" right after if this repeat the position.
  37     li Checkered chess pieces cannot be captured.
  38
  39 figure.diagram-container
  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.
  44
  45 h3 Pawn moves
  46
  47 ul
  48     li A pawn captured on its starting square keeps the right to advance two squares.
  49     li Checkered pawns cannot capture en passant.
  50
  51 h2.stageDelimiter Stage 2
  52
  53 p.warn This stage is not (and probably will never be) implemented.
  54
  55 p.
  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.
  58     The other player is in charge of both the white and black pieces, and tries to
  59     eliminate checkered pieces.
  60     The checkered side wins by checkmating either the white or black king.
  61
  62 h4 Variant of stage 2
  63 p.
  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.
  67
  68 h3 Special moves
  69
  70 span Checkered pawns can...
  71 ul
  72     li move and capture in either direction;
  73     li take en passant,
  74     li be promoted on either the first or eighth row.
  75
  76 h3 Credits
  77
  78 ul
  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.