2 | Long-range pieces can jump over an obstacle
3 | when they are on the first rank.
6 From the first rank, rook, bishops and queen can play directly on the third
7 rank, even if an obstacle stands in-between.
8 Development is thus accelerated.
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13 figcaption Illustration of the possible jumps
17 p Variant imagined recently (2020) by Zied Haddad.