| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | If a piece is checkmated (as if it was a king), it is captured. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | If a piece is attacked and no orthodox move can prevent its (normal) capture, |
| 6 | it is considered to be mated and is removed from the board. |
| 7 | If such an orthodox move exists, it doesn't have to be played |
| 8 | (it could even be illegal because normal captures are forbidden): |
| 9 | the piece is not captured. |
| 10 | Thus, kings and other pieces may remain under check. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | p. |
| 13 | Pieces cannot be taken in the normal way, only by the "mate-capture" |
| 14 | described above. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | p The game ends when a king is "mate-captured". |
| 17 | |
| 18 | figure.diagram-container |
| 19 | .diagram |
| 20 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/p1pppppp/8/8/1P6/2N5/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKBNR: |
| 21 | figcaption After 1.b4 b5 2.Nc3X the b5 pawn is "mate-captured" |
| 22 | |
| 23 | p. |
| 24 | Note about moves notation: since captures do not occur on final squares, |
| 25 | an "X" mark is appended to the move to indicate a capture. |
| 26 | To keep notation short the potential list of captured squares is not written. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | h3 "Suicide" note |
| 29 | |
| 30 | p. |
| 31 | In the current implementation, all pieces except kings can "commit suicide", |
| 32 | that is to say move or be left on a square where they are mated. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | h3 Source |
| 35 | |
| 36 | p |
| 37 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/allmate.html") |
| 38 | | Allmate chess |
| 39 | | on chessvariants.com. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | p Inventor: Dr. Chris Taylor (1979) |