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2 | At each turn play first a normal move, and then exchange two pieces' | |
3 | positions by making a capture. | |
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5 | ol | |
6 | li. | |
7 | Each turn is made of a standard move and a swap move (see 2). | |
8 | At the first white move, only the regular move is done. | |
9 | li. | |
10 | A swap move is a two piece swap of positions. One piece is a player's | |
11 | piece, and the other is on a square where the first piece could move | |
12 | (if the square was empty) or take (if the square had an opponent piece). | |
13 | li If a player cannot make the regular move or the swap, he loses. | |
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15 | p. | |
16 | On the diagram the queen first takes the g7 pawn, and then swap its | |
17 | position with the g8 knight: checkmate. | |
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19 | figure.diagram-container | |
20 | .diagram.diag12 | |
21 | | fen:r1pqk1n1/pn1pppp1/2p5/8/8/2PPPK2/BP4Q1/N1R2P2: | |
22 | .diagram.diag22 | |
23 | | fen:r1pqk1Q1/pn1pppn1/2p5/8/8/2PPPK2/BP6/N1R2P2: | |
24 | figcaption Before and after 1.Qxg7,Sg7g8# | |
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26 | h3 Source | |
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28 | p | |
29 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/balancedswap.html") | |
30 | | Balanced Swap Chess | |
31 | | on chessvariants.com. Here is an | |
32 | a(href="/variants/Swap/game.pgn") example game | |
33 | | played by the variant's creator. | |
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35 | p Inventor: Joao P. Neto (1998) |