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2 | | Any piece guarded by a friendly knight can also move like a knight. | |
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5 | In addition to its normal abilities, a piece guarded by a knight can move |
6 | like him. On the following diagram, 1.Nf4 would checkmate because it guard | |
7 | the g6 queen. If it is black to play, then 1...Rxe2 is forbidden because of | |
8 | the knight immunity exception. Exceptions to the orthodox rules are the | |
9 | following: | |
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11 | ul | |
12 | li Knights cannot capture or be captured. | |
13 | li Kings cannot be knight-relayed. | |
14 | li Pawns cannot give check on last rank or promote with knight-relay. | |
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16 | p These oddities excepted, orthodox rules apply. | |
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18 | figure.diagram-container | |
19 | .diagram | |
20 | | fen:7k/8/6Q1/1n6/8/2r5/4N3/K7: | |
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22 | h3 Source | |
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24 | p | |
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25 | | These are the original N-relay or Knight-relay rules, described for |
26 | | example | |
8055eabd | 27 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/nrelay.html") on this page |
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28 | | . See also Knightrelay2. |
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30 | p Inventor: Mannis Charosh (1972) |