| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | A piece 'A' captures an opponent piece 'B' if and only if B can take A |
| 3 | | according to the orthodox rules. |
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| 6 | .diagram |
| 7 | | fen:r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R: |
| 8 | figcaption After 3.Bb5?? black can play 3...Nxb5 or 3...e5xf3 for example |
| 9 | |
| 10 | h3 End of the game |
| 11 | |
| 12 | p Conforming to the rule, the king captures the pieces which are attacking him. |
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| 14 | figure.diagram-container |
| 15 | .diagram |
| 16 | | fen:8/8/8/3r1k2/8/8/3K4/8: |
| 17 | figcaption The white king can take the rook |
| 18 | |
| 19 | p. |
| 20 | However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess - |
| 21 | and it's the only exception. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | figure.diagram-container |
| 24 | .diagram |
| 25 | | fen:r7/2n5/1q6/5k2/8/8/K7/8: |
| 26 | figcaption. |
| 27 | The king cannot take on a8 because the square is guarded by the knight: |
| 28 | it's checkmate |
| 29 | |
| 30 | h3 Source |
| 31 | |
| 32 | p. |
| 33 | | Very few resources about this variation: I found |
| 34 | a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage |
| 35 | | and |
| 36 | a(href="http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ZenChess.htm") this one |
| 37 | | . |
| 38 | |
| 39 | p Inventor: Moe Moss (1970) |