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2 | You have a king and an antiking. King cannot be let in check, but antiking |
| 3 | must always stay under check. Antiking captures his own kind. | |
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| 0596f5e7 | 5 | p. |
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6 | A new piece is introduced: the antiking, noted by the letter 'A'. |
| 7 | This piece must always remain under (orthodox) check: it is | |
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8 | considered in (anti-)check when not attacked by any enemy piece. In such a |
| 9 | situation, the antiking must move immediately to an attacked square. | |
| 204e289b | 10 | |
| e8e4adbd | 11 | p. |
| 22e01c6d | 12 | The antiking is a royal figure, and thus cannot be captured. |
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13 | It captures only the pieces of his color. |
| 14 | Antikings don't give check, and kings do not attack antikings. | |
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15 | |
| 16 | figure.diagram-container | |
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17 | .diagram |
| 18 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/3A4/8/8/3a4/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR c5,d5,e5: | |
| 19 | figcaption Marked squares are not allowed antiking moves. | |
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20 | |
| 21 | h3 End of the game | |
| 22 | ||
| c583ef1c | 23 | p There are three ways to win: |
| 204e289b | 24 | ol |
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25 | li Checkmate the opponent king |
| 26 | li "Anti-checkmate" the opponent antiking | |
| 27 | li Give a double check, as on the following diagram | |
| 204e289b | 28 | |
| 0596f5e7 | 29 | figure.diagram-container |
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30 | .diagram |
| 31 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppp1Qpp/1A6/4p3/4P2a/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR h4,e8: | |
| 32 | figcaption After 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Ah4?? 3.Qxf7# | |
| a734a1a0 | 33 | |
| 0596f5e7 | 34 | h3 More information |
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35 | |
| 36 | p | |
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37 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/anti-king-chess.html") |
| 38 | | Antiking chess | |
| 39 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
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40 | |
| 41 | p Inventor: Peter Aronson (2002) |