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1 | p.boxed |
2 | | The king moves like a knight, and the knights like a king. | |
3 | | The goal is still to checkmate the king. | |
4 | ||
5 | p "Knights moving like a king" are quite logically called "commoners". | |
6 | ||
7 | p Castling is still permitted, under the same conditions as in orthodox chess. | |
8 | ||
9 | figure.diagram-container | |
10 | .diagram.diag12 | |
11 | | fen:7k/8/8/8/8/1r6/8/3K1r2: | |
12 | .diagram.diag22 | |
13 | | fen:rcbqk1cr/pppp1ppp/8/2b1p3/2B1P3/5Q2/PPPP1PPP/RCB1K1CR: | |
14 | figcaption. | |
15 | Left: Royal knight version of the two-rooks mate. | |
16 | Right: After 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qf3 | |
17 | ||
18 | p. | |
19 | On the right diagram, the threat is 4.Bxf7+ Cxf7 5.Qxf7+, | |
20 | with more material and a winning attack. | |
21 | ||
22 | h3 Source | |
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24 | p | |
25 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/knightmate.html") | |
26 | | Knightmate Chess | |
27 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
28 | | This variant is also playable | |
29 | a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=knightmate") on greenchess.net | |
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32 | p Inventor: Bruce Zimov (1972) |