| Your pieces remain in an undefined state until they are moved.
p
- | Bario is a chess variant invented by
+ | Bario is a chess variant invented by Panos Louridas in 1998.
a(href="https://www.bario-chess-checkers-chessphotography-spaceart.de/")
- | Panos Louridas
- | in 1998. His website contains many examples and explanations.
+ | His website
+ | contains many examples and explanations.
| See also the discussion
a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/index/listcomments.php?order=DESC&itemid=Bario")
| on chessvariants.com
| .
figure
- img.img-center(src="/variants/Bario/chessboard.png")
- figcaption.text-center Undefined pieces on first ranks.
+ img.img-center(src="/variants/Bario/chessboard2.jpg" style="width:75%")
+ figcaption.text-center.
+ [With author's permission]
+ Undefined pieces on first ranks.
p.
Queens, rooks, bishops and knights begin the game in a reserve below
original intention of the author, but this way you will not need to castle
later in the game. Click on a square to place the king.
-p.
- If one of your undefined pieces is captured, you first have to choose which
- one was captured from the reserve: place it at the capture location.
-
p.
If after your move all your pieces are defined (and weren't before), then
all pieces on board revert to undefined state, unless:
| fen:uuu1kuuu/2p5/2u5/1p1ppppp/p4PPP/3UU2U/PPPPP1UU/1UU1K3:
figcaption.
Before and after knight definition on d1 (moving to e3)
+
+p.
+ If one of your undefined pieces is captured, you first have to choose which
+ one was captured from the reserve: place it at the capture location.