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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). | |
21 | ||
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 | | . |