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1 | p.boxed |
2 | | Win by losing all your pieces. Capture is mandatory. | |
3 | ||
4 | p. | |
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5 | The goal is to lose all pieces, or get stalemated like on the following |
6 | diagram. The king has no royal status: it can be taken as any other piece. | |
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7 | Thus, there is no castle rule, no checks. |
8 | ||
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9 | p. |
10 | Captures are mandatory, but when several capturing moves are possible you | |
11 | can choose. | |
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12 | |
13 | figure.diagram-container | |
14 | .diagram | |
15 | | fen:6nB/6P1/8/4p3/2p1P3/2P5/8/8: | |
16 | figcaption White cannot move: 1-0. | |
17 | ||
18 | h3 Special moves | |
19 | ||
20 | p. | |
21 | Castling is not possible, but en-passant captures are allowed. | |
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22 | Pawns may promote into king (so you can potentially have several kings on |
23 | the board). | |
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24 | |
25 | h3 More information | |
26 | ||
27 | p | |
28 | | This is a popular variant, played in many places on the web. | |
29 | | A starting point can be the | |
30 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_Chess") Wikipedia page | |
31 | | . Note: this variant has several names, we choose here the same as | |
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32 | a(href="https://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/suicide_chess.html") |
33 | | on FICS | |
6b7b2cf7 | 34 | | . |