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p.boxed.
  White has only six pawns and the king, but move twice at each turn.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram
    | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/1PPPPPP1/4K3:
  figcaption Standard deterministic position

p.
  The white army can appear much too small, but the power to move twice in a
  row shouldn't be underestimated. At each turn white plays two moves
  without any constraint. The goal is to capture the king.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram.diag12
    | fen:rbbknn1r/1p2pp1p/2p3qK/p2p2p1/2PPP3/8/5P2/8:
  .diagram.diag22
    | fen:3rq3/1p4p1/1k1pKp2/3P1P1n/p7/5n2/8/8:
  figcaption Left: not a checkmate! Right: a "Monster-checkmate".

p
  | The diagram position on the left looks pretty much like a checkmate,
  | but white can take the queen and come back to the h6 square. Finally,
  | white can mate in an unusual way, like the following diagram found 
  a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_chess") on Wikipedia
  | . There is no way for the black king to avoid being captured since white
  | plays twice (the threat is 2.d7,dxe8).

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram.diag12
    | fen:4k3/8/4P3/8/3P4/8/2q5/7K:
  .diagram.diag22
    | fen:4k3/8/3PP3/8/8/8/2q5/7K:
  figcaption Left: before 1.d5,d6. Right: after this move:, it's checkmate.

h3 More information

p
  | Ralph Betza analyses this variant and the double move on 
  a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html")
    | this page
  | . Four pawns thus seems too few. Eight would most likely be too much,
  | so the games here start with six white pawns.
  | With time or engine play it could be further adjusted (to 5 maybe?).
  | Anyway, that the variant is playable 
  a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=monster") on greenchess.net
  | &nbsp;with any number of white pawns.
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	1	p.boxed.
	2	White has only six pawns and the king, but move twice at each turn.
	3
	4	figure.diagram-container
	5	.diagram
	6	\| fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/1PPPPPP1/4K3:
	7	figcaption Standard deterministic position
	8
	9	p.
	10	The white army can appear much too small, but the power to move twice in a
	11	row shouldn't be underestimated. At each turn white plays two moves
	12	without any constraint. The goal is to capture the king.
	13
	14	figure.diagram-container
	15	.diagram.diag12
	16	\| fen:rbbknn1r/1p2pp1p/2p3qK/p2p2p1/2PPP3/8/5P2/8:
	17	.diagram.diag22
	18	\| fen:3rq3/1p4p1/1k1pKp2/3P1P1n/p7/5n2/8/8:
	19	figcaption Left: not a checkmate! Right: a "Monster-checkmate".
	20
	21	p
	22	\| The diagram position on the left looks pretty much like a checkmate,
	23	\| but white can take the queen and come back to the h6 square. Finally,
	24	\| white can mate in an unusual way, like the following diagram found
	25	a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_chess") on Wikipedia
	26	\| . There is no way for the black king to avoid being captured since white
	27	\| plays twice (the threat is 2.d7,dxe8).
	28
	29	figure.diagram-container
	30	.diagram.diag12
	31	\| fen:4k3/8/4P3/8/3P4/8/2q5/7K:
	32	.diagram.diag22
	33	\| fen:4k3/8/3PP3/8/8/8/2q5/7K:
	34	figcaption Left: before 1.d5,d6. Right: after this move:, it's checkmate.
	35
	36	h3 More information
	37
	38	p
	39	\| Ralph Betza analyses this variant and the double move on
	40	a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html")
	41	\| this page
	42	\| . Four pawns thus seems too few. Eight would most likely be too much,
	43	\| so the games here start with six white pawns.
	44	\| With time or engine play it could be further adjusted (to 5 maybe?).
	45	\| Anyway, that the variant is playable
	46	a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=monster") on greenchess.net
	47	\|  with any number of white pawns.