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2 | | Pieces in the first half of the board are yours. Captures are mandatory. | |
3 | ||
4 | p. | |
5 | All pieces are of the same color (black on the website), but in fact | |
6 | pieces just have no color: you control all | |
7 | pieces which stand in the half-board in front of you. These pieces can | |
8 | only capture on the other half-board. | |
9 | ||
10 | p. | |
11 | Since captures are mandatory, pieces could make some round-trips | |
12 | around the board, changing owner at every mid-board crossing. | |
13 | For example on the following diagram, the sequence will be 1.Rxd7 Rxd1 | |
14 | 2.Rxd8 and black would win, assuming the final rank is 8th. | |
15 | ||
16 | figure.diagram-container | |
17 | .diagram.diag12 | |
18 | | fen:3b4/3k4/8/8/8/8/3r4/3n4: | |
19 | .diagram.diag22 | |
20 | | fen:3b4/3r4/8/8/8/8/8/3n4: | |
21 | figcaption Before and after Rxd7 | |
22 | ||
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23 | p. |
24 | Kings have no royal status. There are no en-passant captures, and no castle. | |
25 | "Zen" captures are possible too: if a piece A attacks a piece B | |
26 | (in the usual way), then B can capture A. | |
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28 | h3 Source | |
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30 | p | |
31 | | Strongly inspired by | |
32 | a(href="http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Games/monochess.html") | |
33 | | Monochrome Chess | |
34 | | , but I wanted a version without points counting. | |
35 | ||
36 | p Inventor: Andrew Looney (1996) |