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| 2 | | Knights capture as bishops, and bishops capture as knights. |
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| 5 | .diagram.diag12 |
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| 7 | .diagram.diag22 |
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| 9 | figcaption Left: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6. Right: after 3.Bxe5 Nxe4 |
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| 11 | p The minor pieces are thus, in a way, more balanced. |
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| 13 | h3 Source |
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| 16 | | The variant is reported by Jörg Knappen in 2002, but is probably anterior |
| 17 | | according to the |
| 18 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/hoppel-poppel.html") |
| 19 | | chessvariants page |
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