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| 2 | | Each piece has a promoted form. Captured pieces can be dropped later. |
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| 5 | | Shogun Chess is a chess variant designed in 2019-2020 by Couch Tomato. |
| 6 | | It is explained, and playable |
| 7 | a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/shogun") on pychess-variants |
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| 11 | img.img-center(src="/variants/Shogun/Promotions.png") |
| 12 | figcaption.text-center. |
| 13 | Pieces and their promoted forms, with movements summary. |
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| 15 | h3 General rules |
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| 18 | li. |
| 19 | The three farthest ranks are the promotion zone. |
| 20 | Every starting piece except the king and queen may promote by moving into |
| 21 | the promotion zone or moving from within the promotion zone. |
| 22 | li. |
| 23 | However, only one of each major piece (queen, mortar, archbishop, or |
| 24 | general) can be out on each side at a time. |
| 25 | li. |
| 26 | Captured pieces may be dropped back into the board as your own piece. |
| 27 | Pieces can be dropped anywhere within the first 5 ranks. |
| 28 | li. |
| 29 | When promoted pieces are captured, they revert to their unpromoted side. |
| 30 | This is the only way that a queen becomes a duchess. |
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| 32 | p Note: pawns cannot promote if capturing en passant. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | h3 (New) Pieces |
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| 36 | ul |
| 37 | li Archbishop (A) = Bishop + Knight. |
| 38 | li Mortar (M) = Rook + Knight. |
| 39 | li General (G) = King (non-royal) + Knight. |
| 40 | li Captain (C) = King (non-royal). |
| 41 | li Duchess (F) = Ferz (one step diagonally). |