2 | The capture of an enemy piece produces a new "checkered" piece belonging to both players.
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5 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cp.png")
6 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cr.png")
7 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cn.png")
8 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cb.png")
9 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/cq.png")
10 img(src="/images/tmp_checkered/no_ck.png")
11 figcaption Checkered pieces, born after captures.
16 li Chessboard: standard.
17 li Material: additional checkered pieces.
18 li Non-capturing moves: standard; see below.
19 li Special moves: standard; see below.
20 li Captures: standard; see below.
21 li End of game: standard.
23 p The game potentially evolves in two stages.
25 h2.stageDelimiter Stage 1
30 li Each capture produces a new piece, taking on nature of the capturing or captured one.
31 li The new piece arising from a capture has a new color: "checkered", as illustrated above.
32 li All checkered pieces belong to the player in turn and can capture the opponents pieces.
36 li A checkered move cannot be "undone" right after if this repeat the position.
37 li Checkered chess pieces cannot be captured.
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41 | fen:2kr4/pp6/2p5/4ss1r/1P2ns1P/2Np4/P1P1P1BP/R2o1RK1:
43 Black plays Rxh4=P. (Checkered pawn to) h5 is allowed then, because piece's nature changed.
48 li A pawn captured on its starting square keeps the right to advance two squares.
49 li Checkered pawns cannot capture en passant.
51 h2.stageDelimiter Stage 2
54 During the game one of the two players can decide to take control of the checkered pieces.
55 They thus become autonomous and vulnerable to being captured - stage 2 begins.
56 The other player is in charge of both the white and black pieces, and tries to eliminate checkered pieces.
57 The checkered side wins by checkmating either the white or black king.
61 span Checkered pawns can...
63 li move and capture in either direction;
65 li be promoted on either the first or eighth row.
70 li The rules of Checkered Chess were thought up by Patrick Bernier and developed with the help of Benjamin Auder.
71 li Thanks to Bevis Martin for the initial english translation.
72 li Thanks also to Christian Poisson, Laurent Nouhaud and Frédéric Fradet.