views/rules/Dark/en.pug

   1 p.boxed
   2     | You only see what your pieces can reach. Incomplete information game.
   3
   4 h3 Specifications
   5
   6 ul
   7     li Chessboard: standard.
   8     li Material: standard.
   9     li Non-capturing moves: standard.
  10     li Special moves: standard.
  11     li Captures: standard.
  12     li End of game: capture the king.
  13
  14 p Incomplete information version of the orthodox game (also shuffled).
  15
  16 h3 Basics
  17
  18 p.
  19     Before every move, players see only what their pieces can reach.
  20     That is to say: empty squares where your pieces can go,
  21     but also occupied squares where captures can be made.
  22     For example on the illustration next, after 1.e4 d5 white sees a black
  23     pawn on d5, the squares e5, h5, b5, a6 and all four first ranks.
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  25 figure.diagram-container
  26     .diagram
  27         | fen:8/8/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR - w 8,7,b6,c6,d6,e6,f6,g6,h6,a5,c5,f5,g5:
  28     figcaption Standard initial position after 1.e4 d5
  29
  30 p.
  31     Choose your move carefully, based on what you can infer from the
  32     opponent's past moves. Counting material, in particular, is crucial.
  33     Good luck!
  34
  35 p.
  36     Note: the bot is not cheating - it really uses only the information described earlier.
  37     Moreover, it is very basic and clearly less challenging that a human.
  38     But it may be a fun start :)
  39
  40 h3 End of the game
  41
  42 p Win by capturing the king (no checks, no stalemate).
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  44 h3 More information
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  46 p
  47     | I discovered this variant on
  48     a(href="https://www.buho21.com/") Buho21
  49     | , which is a nice website but its spirit is very different than here
  50     | (ranking system, VIP membership or ads, etc.).
  51     | It seemed to be the only place to play DarkChess in live.