views/rules/Switching.pug

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   2     | In addition to standard moves, a piece can be exchanged
   3     | with an adjacent friendly unit.
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   5 h3 Specifications
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   8     li Chessboard: standard.
   9     li Material: standard.
  10     li Non-capturing moves: standard + switch.
  11     li Special moves: standard.
  12     li Captures: standard.
  13     li End of game: standard.
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  15 h3 Basics
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  18     | Instead of a normal move, a piece may be exchanged with an adjacent friendly one.
  19     | Switching can move pawns until rank 1 or final rank. In the first case a 2-squares,
  20     | jump is possible, and in the second a promotion occurs.
  21     | Switching must involves two different units.
  22     | Switching while the king is under check is not allowed.
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  25     Notation: a switch move is marked by the capital letter 'S' followed by
  26     the exchanged squares. Example in diagram: Sb8c8
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  29     .diagram
  30         | fen:1RB3k1/5ppp/8/8/8/8/8/K7:
  31     figcaption White can mate in 1 by switching b8-c8
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  34     Note: if the king and rook are on two adjacent squares, castling and switching
  35     from the king are triggered in the same way. Castling takes priority:
  36     if you wanna switch, use the rook.
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  38 h3 Credits
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  41     a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/switching.html") Switching chess
  42     | on chessvariants.com.