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2 | | You have two new pieces in a pocket, which can appear after any | |
3 | | first piece movement. | |
4 | ||
5 | p. | |
6 | When a piece is moved for the first time, it is possible to place a new | |
7 | piece at its initial square. | |
8 | You have two pieces that can enter the game like this: | |
9 | ul | |
10 | li The Hawk (H): moving like a bishop + knight. | |
11 | li The Elephant (E): moving like a rook + knight. | |
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13 | figure.diagram-container | |
14 | .diagram | |
15 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/2N5/PPPPPPPP/REBQKBNR: | |
16 | figcaption. | |
17 | Position after 1.Nc3/E. White moved his knight from b1 to c3 and placed | |
18 | the elephant on b1. | |
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20 | p. | |
21 | After castling, a new piece can be put at the initial king square | |
22 | (if not occupied), or at the initial rook square - but not both. | |
23 | ||
24 | p. | |
25 | If a move let the king under check, then it is forbidden, | |
26 | even if placing a pocket piece would have covered the check. | |
27 | ||
28 | h3 Source | |
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30 | p | |
31 | | Some explanations about the rules and a link to buy a physical S-Chess set | |
32 | | on the | |
33 | a(href="http://www.seirawanchess.com/") Seirawan Chess page | |
34 | | . This variant is playable on | |
35 | a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/seirawan") pychess-variants | |
36 | | with an engine available for analysis. See also the | |
37 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seirawan_chess") Wikipedia page | |
38 | | . | |
39 | ||
40 | p Inventors: Yasser Seirawan and Bruce Harper (2008) |