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1 | p.boxed. |
2 | Pieces movements and captures are complex. | |
3 | You can win by occupying the two squares of the last rank. | |
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8 | figcaption Initial deterministic position |
9 | ||
10 | p | |
11 | | The pawns, queen, rook, inverted rook and knights are respectively called | |
12 | | Pincers, Withdrawer, Coordinator, Immobilizer and Long Leapers. They behave | |
13 | | exactly as in Baroque chess - so I won't describe them here, please read | |
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15 | a(href="/#/variants/Baroque") Baroque rules |
16 | | . | |
17 | ||
18 | p. | |
19 | The bishop is a Chameleon, which capture pieces in the way themselves would | |
20 | capture. Its captures are thus the same as in Baroque chess, with a few | |
21 | exceptions: it captures the King and the Mage only when standing | |
22 | on an adjacent square. | |
23 | ||
24 | h3 New pieces, new movements | |
25 | ||
26 | p | |
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27 | | The inverted queen is a Mage, moving one square diagonally and then |
28 | | potentially several squares orthogonally as the figure | |
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29 | | shows. It captures by replacement. See |
30 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/piececlopedia.dir/griffon.html") | |
31 | | this page | |
32 | | for a detailed introduction to this piece. | |
33 | ||
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35 | .diagram | |
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37 | figcaption Mage movements. | |
38 | ||
39 | p In this game the Mage is the only piece which cannot be immobilized. | |
40 | ||
41 | p. | |
42 | The piece looking like a king without a cross moves and captures like a | |
43 | regular king, but has no royal status. It is called a Guard in this game. | |
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44 | |
45 | p. | |
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46 | Finally, the king moves like an orthodox knight with an extra ability: |
47 | he evolves on a cylindrical board. That means he can potentially move to the | |
48 | columns 'a' or 'b' from the columns 'g' or 'h' (and vice versa). | |
49 | He also capture by replacement. | |
50 | ||
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54 | figcaption King movements. | |
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56 | h3 End of the game |
57 | ||
58 | p. | |
59 | A stalemate is a draw, and a checkmate wins. | |
60 | There are two other options to win a game: | |
61 | ul | |
62 | li. | |
63 | Occupy both squares "of the enemy palace" (the two squares of the last | |
64 | rank), or | |
65 | li Capture all opponent' pieces (except the king). | |
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67 | You can have one piece in your own palace, but it's forbidden to fully |
68 | occupy it. | |
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38408f63 | 70 | h3 Source |
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72 | p |
73 | | The | |
74 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/maxima/maxima.html") | |
75 | | Maxima variant | |
76 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
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38408f63 | 78 | p Inventor: Roberto Lavieri (2003) |