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  11 <h1>Chakart Rules</h1>
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  14   <p>
  15     Pieces move as usual, but they all hide a special "power"
  16     inspired by Mario Kart:
  17   </p>
  18   <ul>
  19     <li>
  20       The pawn (Toad) leaves a "turbo" mushroom on its initial square,
  21       or on the intermediate one in case of a two squares move.
  22     </li>
  23     <li>
  24       The knight (Yoshi) let a surprise egg on its initial square.
  25       See about egg effect below.
  26     </li>
  27     <li>
  28       The rook (Donkey) put a banana on a square diagonally adjacent to the
  29       arrival one, at random, if possible.
  30     </li>
  31     <li>
  32       The bishop (Wario) put a bomb on a square orthogonally adjacent to the
  33       arrival one, at random, if possible.
  34     </li>
  35     <li>
  36       The queen (Mario) can play a stealth move once in the game:
  37       the opponent will only know that a queen moved - to an empty square.
  38       A promoted queen also has this power if not already used.
  39     </li>
  40     <li>
  41       The king (Peach) can "throw a shell" on an enemy reachable by a queen,
  42       once in the game. A promoted king also has this power, if not already
  43       used. The capture is done remotely without moving.
  44     </li>
  45   </ul>
  46   <p>The king cannot castle, and pawns don't capture en passant.</p>
  47   <figure>
  48     <div class="diag"
  49          data-fen='qbbrrnek/pppppppp/5n2/8/1BwP4/3m4/PPP1PPPP/QBNN1KRR b 3 {"flags":"1111"}'>
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  51     <figcaption>After 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bb4 (put a bomb on c4).</figcaption>
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  56   <p>
  57     So the goal is to capture Peach :) If pawns promoted into king, then all
  58     of them must be captured. Since it still looked too easy, the 4 mentioned
  59     objects alter the move played, generally at random:
  60   </p>
  61   <ul>
  62     <li>
  63       A king or a pawn arriving on a mushroom advance one square further,
  64       while a knight jump another time in the same direction, if possible.
  65       Pawns can "eat" objects diagonally too.
  66       Mushrooms have no effect on sliders (queen, rook, bishop).
  67     </li>
  68     <li>
  69       A piece arriving on a banana (resp. bomb) is redirected at random by one
  70       square in an orthogonal (resp. diagonal) direction. If a piece (of any
  71       color!) stands on that square, then it is captured.
  72     </li>
  73     <li>
  74       The effects can cumulate, as illustrated on the diagram: the pawn
  75       "captures" the banana on e4, and is then redirected toward e5: mushroom,
  76       it jumps to the next square, which sends it on d5 eating the white rook.
  77       (We can imagine that the hope was to eat the black knight instead).
  78       A piece may ends on its initial square, move back, and so on. That being
  79       said, a given object can only be used once on the path.
  80     </li>
  81   </ul>
  82   <figure>
  83     <div class="diag left"
  84          data-fen='rn1b2qk/pbpp1ppp/1w2wp2/1p1Rm3/3PdnPr/4PPd1/PPP1m2P/NNB1KRQB b 1 {"flags":"1111"}'>
  85     </div>
  86     <div class="diag right"
  87          data-fen='rn1b2qk/pbpp1ppp/1w3p2/1p1P4/3P1nPr/4P1d1/PPP1m2P/NNB1KRQB w 2 {"flags":"1111"}'>
  88     </div>
  89     <figcaption>Left: before 1.fxe4. Right: after the move, ending on d6.</figcaption>
  90   </figure>
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  94   <p>
  95     The egg case is more complex: a move ending on an egg triggers an effect
  96     chosen at random, positive or negative. There are four bonus and four
  97     penalties. They are introduced in a dual form: first the positive, then
  98     the negative.
  99   </p>
 100   <ul>
 101     <li>
 102       King Boo (*B) let you exchange the position of any pair of pieces on the
 103       board.
 104     </li>
 105     <li>Koopa (*K) drives the piece back onto its initial square.</li>
 106     <li>
 107       Toadette (*T) allows to place a new &mdash; random &mdash; piece on the
 108       board. If the piece is dropped on an egg, banana or bomb, its effects
 109       are applied.
 110     </li>
 111     <li>
 112       Chomp (*C) eats the piece, which is thus captured. If it's Peach, then
 113       bad luck, game over :)
 114     </li>
 115     <li>Daisy (*D) allows to play again with any of your pieces.</li>
 116     <li>
 117       Bowser (*M) immobilizes the piece (which is surrounded by a light green
 118       halo). It won't be allowed to move on the next turn.
 119     </li>
 120     <li>Luigi (*L) changes the color of a random enemy piece.</li>
 121     <li>Waluigi (*W) changes the color of one of your pieces (at random).</li>
 122   </ul>
 123   <figure>
 124     <div class="diag left"
 125          data-fen='erk2rq1/1m2e1m1/mppmne1m/p1BpppPp/mm1P1QbP/1Nmnw1dm/e1mP2d1/1BwR1RKN b 1 {"flags":"1111"}'>
 126     </div>
 127     <div class="diag right"
 128          data-fen='erk3Q1/1m2e1d1/mppmnr1m/p1BpppPp/mm1P1QbP/1Nmnw1dm/e1mP2d1/1BwR1RKN w 2 {"flags":"1111"}'>
 129     </div>
 130     <figcaption>
 131       1...Rxf6*W: Waluigi turns the g8 queen into white.
 132       This last can then capture the king. Bad luck :(
 133     </figcaption>
 134   </figure>
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