2 Pieces movements and captures are complex.
3 You can win by occupying the two squares of the last rank.
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8 figcaption Initial deterministic position
11 | The pawns, queen, rook, inverted rook and knights are respectively called
12 | Pincers, Withdrawer, Coordinator, Immobilizer and Long Leapers. They behave
13 | exactly as in Baroque chess - so I won't describe them here, please read
15 a(href="/#/variants/Baroque") Baroque rules
19 The bishop is a Chameleon, which capture pieces in the way themselves would
20 capture. Its captures are thus the same as in Baroque chess, with a few
21 exceptions: it captures the King and the Mage only when standing
22 on an adjacent square.
24 h3 New pieces, new movements
27 | The inverted queen is a Mage, moving one square diagonally and then
28 | potentially several squares orthogonally as the figure
29 | shows. It captures by replacement. See
30 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/piececlopedia.dir/griffon.html")
32 | for a detailed introduction to this piece.
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37 figcaption Mage movements.
39 p In this game the Mage is the only piece which cannot be immobilized.
42 The piece looking like a king without a cross moves and captures like a
43 regular king, but has no royal status. It is called a Guard in this game.
46 Finally, the king moves like an orthodox knight with an extra ability:
47 he evolves on a cylindrical board. That means he can potentially move to the
48 columns 'a' or 'b' from the columns 'g' or 'h' (and vice versa).
49 He also capture by replacement.
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54 figcaption King movements.
59 A stalemate is a draw, and a checkmate wins.
60 There are two other options to win a game:
63 Occupy both squares "of the enemy palace" (the two squares of the last
65 li Capture all opponent' pieces (except the king).
67 You can have one piece in your own palace, but it's forbidden to fully
74 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/maxima/maxima.html")
76 | on chessvariants.com.
78 p Inventor: Roberto Lavieri (2003)