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2 | The board is rotated by 45°, and then the game follow usual rules.
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5 White (resp. Black) pawns move one square diagonally north-west: h1 to a8
6 (resp. south-east: a8 to h1).
7 White (resp. Black) pawns capture on the adjacent orthogonal squares either
8 up or to the left (resp. down or to the right).
9 This is natural after rotating the board by 45° clockwise,
10 explaining the name "Diamond Chess".
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12 p All other pieces move like in orthodox chess.
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15 .diagram
16 | fen:8/1p6/1B4P1/8/8/3n4/3pP3/8 b6,c6,d2,f7:
17 figcaption Pawn moves.
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19 h3 Source
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22 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/diamond-chess") Diamond Chess
23 |  on chessvariants.com.
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25 p Inventor: James Alexander Porterfield Rynd (1886)