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+ Kings are subject to check and checkmate by own as well as opponent's pieces.
+
+p
+ Kings are attacked by all pieces, and can capture any piece.
+ For example, on the following diagram the king can escape check by
+ capturing a rook.
+
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+ .diagram
+ | fen:8/8/8/8/8/4q4/8/3RKR2:
+ figcaption Not a checkmate: Kxf1 or Kxd1.
+
+p.
+ Here however, each capture of the queen would lead to a self-check: although
+ the queen appears vulnerable this is a checkmate.
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:1r1nkbr1/1p2Qnp1/p2p1p1p/2p4P/P1P1P3/1P6/R2P1KP1/2B2BNR:
+ figcaption Checkmate.
+
+h3 Source
+
+p
+ a(href="https://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/encyc.htm")
+ | The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants.
+ | by David B. Pritchard (2007).
+
+p Inventors: Gabriel Authier and Roméo Bédoni (1958)