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   1 p.boxed
   2   | "Capturing" a piece creates an union,
   3   | which your opponent can still use on his turn.
   4   | Enter an union to release your piece.
   5
   6 p.
   7   The variant's name means "Chess of Peace" in Esperanto.
   8   Paco-Sako was invented by Felix Albers in 2017, and further developped
   9   also by Rolf Kreibaum and Raimond Fluijt.
  10
  11 p
  12   | You can learn more about the variant's history and buy nice dedicated
  13   | pieces (and boards) on the official website
  14   a(href="http://pacosako.com/") pacosako.com
  15   | . The variant is playable online at
  16   a(href="http://pacoplay.com/") pacoplay.com
  17   | .
  18   br
  19   | Consequently, Paco-Sako is
  20   span.warning not garanteed to remain playable on vchess.club.
  21   br
  22   | You're invited to play over there instead :-)
  23   | Besides, they have cuter unions' drawings.
  24
  25 h3 Basic rules
  26
  27 p.
  28   There are no captures in this game: only unions of pieces,
  29   which are released when replaced by another friendly piece.
  30   The goal is to create an union with the enemy king.
  31   I like to think of unions as "pieces dancing together", so both
  32   terms will be used on this page.
  33
  34 figure.showPieces.text-center
  35   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wc.png")
  36   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bc.png")
  37   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bt.png")
  38   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wv.png")
  39   figcaption Some union pieces.
  40
  41 p.
  42   At each turn, a player chooses either one of his pieces or an union piece;
  43   let's write this piece A.
  44 ul
  45   li.
  46     Case 1: A is a dancing piece. Then, it's only allowed to move
  47     to a vacant square according to our piece's type.
  48   li.
  49     Case 2: A is a standard piece.
  50     It can then be moved anywhere but on our own (normal) pieces.
  51     "Capturing" an enemy piece creates an union composed of both pieces.
  52     "Capturing" an union releases our piece formerly in union,
  53     which has to be moved immediately by the same player. It can in turn
  54     release another piece, thus following a chain of unions.
  55
  56 p
  57   | This may appear confusing at first reading, but is simpler than it seems.
  58   | See for example this
  59   a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2JLsFvfxI") gameplay video
  60   | , or another one from the same YouTube channel.
  61
  62 figure.diagram-container
  63   .diagram.diag12
  64     | fen:4k3/8/2q5/8/4O3/2w2B2/8/5K2:
  65   .diagram.diag22
  66     | fen:4k3/8/2Y5/8/4s3/2S5/8/5K2:
  67   figcaption Before and after the chaining move Bxe4, Ne4xc3, Qc3xc6.
  68
  69 h3 Special moves, additional notes
  70
  71 p.
  72   "Capturing" an union en passant releases our dancing piece from the
  73   intermediate square.
  74
  75 p Promotion occur when any pawn (in union or not) reaches its final rank.
  76
  77 p.
  78   Attacks on the king are ignored in this implementation: you can run
  79   or remain into "check". So, castling conditions are quite permissive.
  80   Also, if you form an union with your king but end dancing with the
  81   other king on the other end of the chain, the game is a draw.
  82   span.warning This does not follow (at all) the official rules.
  83
  84 figure.diagram-container
  85   .diagram.diag12
  86     | fen:rnbq1r2/1ppppp1k/p6p/4P1OP/1PPP3c/3B4/P2V1PP1/R2QK1N1:
  87   .diagram.diag22
  88     | fen:rnbq1r2/1ppppp1k/p7/4P1dP/1PPPn2c/3B4/P2V1PP1/R2QK1N1:
  89   figcaption.
  90     Left: Bd3(+) can be covered by Right: h6xg5 (releasing the knight), Ne4.
  91
  92 p.
  93   Canceling an union move is forbidden. For example if a bishop is
  94   dancing with a queen, and makes the move e5 to g3, the other player cannot
  95   move it back to e5 just after. This is also non-official.
  96
  97 h3 More information
  98
  99 p
 100   | The authors wrote
 101   a(href="/variants/Pacosako/manual.pdf") a manual
 102   | &nbsp;with many more diagrams and explanations.