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6b7b2cf7 BA |
1 | p.boxed |
2 | | Bring your king to the other side of the board. | |
3 | | Giving check is not allowed. | |
4 | ||
5 | p. | |
6 | To win your king must arrive on the 8th rank. | |
7 | He can never be in check (thus there is no checkmate). | |
8 | Stalemate would be a draw, but it seldom occur in this variant. | |
9 | ||
10 | p. | |
11 | The basic strategy is to erect barriers on the way of the opponent king, | |
12 | with rooks and queen for example, while your king advance next to it. | |
13 | ||
14 | figure.diagram-container | |
15 | .diagram | |
16 | | fen:8/8/8/8/8/8/krbnNBRK/qrbnNBRQ: | |
17 | figcaption Initial position. | |
18 | ||
19 | p. | |
20 | Note: the initial position is always the same. | |
21 | See the "Royalrace" variant for a randomized version. | |
22 | ||
23 | h3 More information | |
24 | ||
25 | p | |
26 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/racing.html") | |
27 | | Racing Kings variant | |
28 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
29 | ||
30 | p Inventor: Vernon R. Parton (1961) |