| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | Bring your king to the other side of the board. |
| 3 | | Giving check is not allowed. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | p. |
| 6 | To win your king must arrive on the 8th rank. |
| 7 | He can never be in check (thus there is no checkmate). |
| 8 | Stalemate would be a draw, but it seldom occur in this variant. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | p. |
| 11 | The basic strategy is to erect barriers on the way of the opponent king, |
| 12 | with rooks and queen for example, while your king advance next to it. |
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| 14 | figure.diagram-container |
| 15 | .diagram |
| 16 | | fen:8/8/8/8/8/8/krbnNBRK/qrbnNBRQ: |
| 17 | figcaption Initial position. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | p. |
| 20 | Note: the initial position is always the same. |
| 21 | See the "Royalrace" variant for a randomized version. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | h3 More information |
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| 25 | p |
| 26 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/racing.html") |
| 27 | | Racing Kings variant |
| 28 | | on chessvariants.com. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | p Inventor: Vernon R. Parton (1961) |