h4 Long leapers (knights)
p.
- A knight captures exactly as a queen in draughts game: by jumping over its enemies,
- as many times as it can/want but always in the same direction.
+ A knight captures exactly as a queen in international draughts game: by jumping
+ over its enemies, as many times as it can/want but always in the same direction.
In this respect it is less powerful than a draughts' queen:
on the following diagram c8 or f6 cannot be captured.
+ However, the knight does not have to maximize the number of captured units
+ (as is the case in draughts).
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- | fen:2n2b1k/3r4/8/3p4/8/3b4/3N4/K7 w d4,d6,d8:
- figcaption All marked squares are playable from d2.
+ | fen:2n4k/3r4/5b2/3p4/1m6/3b4/3N4/K7 w d4,d6,d8,a5:
+ figcaption All marked squares captures are playable from d2.
h4 Withdrawer (queen)