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2 | | Capture the ball, pass it among your pieces and bring it to the | |
3 | | center of the last rank. | |
4 | ||
5 | p. | |
6 | At the beginning, there is a ball in the center of the 9x9 board. | |
7 | It doesn't move. The first piece to capture it will then hold the ball. | |
8 | ||
9 | ul | |
10 | li. | |
11 | Capturing an enemy unit holding the ball both make the piece | |
12 | disappear and grab the ball. | |
13 | li "Capturing" a friendly unit pass the ball to it. | |
14 | ||
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15 | p. |
16 | All pieces represent players on a field of some ball game, | |
17 | so they can move up to two squares only for a better realism. | |
18 | ||
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19 | figure.diagram-container |
20 | .diagram.diag12 | |
d54f6261 | 21 | | fen:rnbhq1nbr/ppppppppp/5h3/9/4a4/5P3/9/PPPPP1PPP/RNBHQHNBR: |
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23 | | fen:rnbhq1nbr/ppppppppp/5h3/9/4S4/9/9/PPPPP1PPP/RNBHQHNBR: |
24 | figcaption Left: before fxe5 (taking ball). Right: after fxe5. | |
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25 | |
26 | p. | |
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27 | The piece sitting next to the queen is a champion (H). |
28 | It moves by jumping two squares in any direction (potentially over pieces), | |
29 | or one square orthogonally. | |
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30 | |
31 | h3 End of the game | |
32 | ||
33 | p. | |
34 | The goal is to bring a piece holding the ball in one of the three | |
35 | central squares of the opposite side (files d, e or f). | |
36 | ||
37 | figure.diagram-container | |
38 | .diagram.diag12 | |
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6f2f9437 | 42 | figcaption. |
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43 | Left: before g2Pe2 (passing the ball). |
44 | Right: after the move. Then ...Q(x)d1# cannot be prevented. | |
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45 | |
46 | p. | |
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47 | The black champion on g2 passes the ball to the black queen on e2. |
48 | Victory is then garanteed by playing a queen move on the first rank. | |
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49 | |
50 | h3 Source | |
51 | ||
52 | p. | |
53 | A friend and I talked some day (in 2019) about a variant where pieces | |
54 | would hit a ball to bring it to the opposite side. | |
55 | This version is inspired by these preliminary trials, | |
56 | because hitting the ball led to somewhat blocked situations. |