views/rules/Dark/en.pug

   1 p.boxed
   2     | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game.
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   4 h3 Divergences
   5
   6 ul
   7     li End of game: capture the king.
   8
   9 p.
  10     Incomplete information version of the orthodox game
  11     (with randomized initial position).
  12
  13 h3 Basics
  14
  15 p.
  16     Before every move, players see only what their pieces can reach.
  17     That is to say: empty squares where your pieces can go,
  18     but also occupied squares where captures can be made.
  19     For example on the illustration next, after 1.e4 d5 white sees a black
  20     pawn on d5, the squares e5, f5, h5, b5, a6 and all four first ranks.
  21     The f5 square is visible (and empty) because of the
  22     special case of pawn capture.
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  24 figure.diagram-container
  25     .diagram
  26         | fen:8/8/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR - w 8,7,b6-h6,a5,c5,g5:
  27     figcaption Standard initial position after 1.e4 d5
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  29 p.
  30     Choose your move carefully, based on what you can infer from the
  31     opponent's past moves. Counting material, in particular, is crucial.
  32     Good luck!
  33
  34 p.
  35     Note: the bot is not cheating - it really uses only the information
  36     described earlier. Moreover, it is very basic and clearly less
  37     challenging that a human. But it may be a fun start :)
  38
  39 h3 End of the game
  40
  41 p Win by capturing the enemy king (no checks, no stalemate).
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  43 h3 More information
  44
  45 p
  46     | I discovered this variant on
  47     a(href="https://www.buho21.com/") Buho21
  48     | , which is a nice website but its spirit is very different than here
  49     | (ranking system, VIP membership or ads, etc.).
  50     | It seemed to be the only place to play DarkChess in live.