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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. | |
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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 | |
| 2c5d7b20 | 21 | | fen:rnbhq1nbr/ppppppppp/3h5/9/4a4/5P3/9/PPPPP1PPP/RNBHQHNBR: |
| 6f2f9437 | 22 | .diagram.diag22 |
| 2c5d7b20 | 23 | | fen:rnbhq1nbr/ppppppppp/3h5/9/4S4/9/9/PPPPP1PPP/RNBHQHNBR: |
| d54f6261 | 24 | figcaption Left: before fxe5 (taking ball). Right: after fxe5. |
| 6f2f9437 | 25 | |
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26 | p |
| 27 | | The piece sitting next to the queen is a | |
| 28 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(chess)") Phoenix (H) | |
| 29 | | . It moves by jumping two squares diagonally (potentially over pieces), | |
| 30 | | or one square orthogonally. | |
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31 | |
| 32 | h3 End of the game | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | p. | |
| 35 | The goal is to bring a piece holding the ball in one of the three | |
| 36 | central squares of the opposite side (files d, e or f). | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 39 | .diagram.diag12 | |
| 2c5d7b20 | 40 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3i1P/1PP2N3/1RB1qP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
| 6f2f9437 | 41 | .diagram.diag22 |
| 2c5d7b20 | 42 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3h1P/1PP2N3/1RB1tP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
| 6f2f9437 | 43 | figcaption. |
| 2c5d7b20 | 44 | Left: before g4Pe2 (passing the ball). |
| d54f6261 | 45 | Right: after the move. Then ...Q(x)d1# cannot be prevented. |
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46 | |
| 47 | p. | |
| 2c5d7b20 | 48 | The black phoenix on g4 passes the ball to the black queen on e2. |
| d54f6261 | 49 | Victory is then garanteed by playing a queen move on the first rank. |
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50 | |
| 51 | h3 Source | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | p. | |
| 54 | A friend and I talked some day (in 2019) about a variant where pieces | |
| 55 | would hit a ball to bring it to the opposite side. | |
| 56 | This version is inspired by these preliminary trials, | |
| 57 | because hitting the ball led to somewhat blocked situations. |