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| 2 | | Win by losing all your pieces. Capture is mandatory. |
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| 4 | p. |
| 5 | The goal is to lose all pieces, or get stalemated like on the following diagram. |
| 6 | The king has no royal status: it can be taken as any other piece. |
| 7 | Thus, there is no castle rule, no checks. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | p Captures are mandatory, but when several capturing moves are possible you can choose. |
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| 11 | figure.diagram-container |
| 12 | .diagram |
| 13 | | fen:6nB/6P1/8/4p3/2p1P3/2P5/8/8: |
| 14 | figcaption White cannot move: 1-0. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | h3 Special moves |
| 17 | |
| 18 | p. |
| 19 | Castling is not possible, but en-passant captures are allowed. |
| 20 | Pawns may promote into king (so you can potentially have several kings on the board). |
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| 22 | h3 More information |
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| 24 | p |
| 25 | | This is a popular variant, played in many places on the web. |
| 26 | | A starting point can be the |
| 27 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_Chess") Wikipedia page |
| 28 | | . Note: this variant has several names, we choose here the same as |
| 29 | a(href="https://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/suicide_chess.html") on FICS |
| 30 | | . |