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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. | |
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11 | "Capturing" an enemy unit holding the ball steals it, |
12 | and either capture the piece by replacement or leave it in place: | |
13 | choose the option "D" for "distant". | |
14 | In place captures cannot be undone by opponent. | |
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15 | li. |
16 | "Capturing" a friendly unit pass the ball to it, or take the ball | |
17 | from it. In both cases the pieces don't move. | |
6f2f9437 | 18 | |
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19 | p. |
20 | All pieces represent players on a field of some ball game, | |
94b9fcef | 21 | so they can move up to three squares only for a better realism. |
d54f6261 | 22 | |
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23 | p. |
24 | To balance the advantage of ball possession, the piece holding the ball | |
25 | cannot capture enemy pieces. | |
26 | ||
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27 | figure.diagram-container |
28 | .diagram.diag12 | |
61656127 | 29 | | fen:1bnrqrnhb/ppppppppp/2h6/9/4a4/5P3/9/PPPPP1PPP/HBNRQRNHB: |
6f2f9437 | 30 | .diagram.diag22 |
61656127 | 31 | | fen:1bnrqrnhb/ppppppppp/2h6/9/4S4/9/9/PPPPP1PPP/HBNRQRNHB: |
d54f6261 | 32 | figcaption Left: before fxe5 (taking ball). Right: after fxe5. |
6f2f9437 | 33 | |
2c5d7b20 | 34 | p |
61656127 | 35 | | The new piece represented by an upside-down knight is a |
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36 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(chess)") Phoenix (H) |
37 | | . It moves by jumping two squares diagonally (potentially over pieces), | |
38 | | or one square orthogonally. | |
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39 | |
40 | h3 End of the game | |
41 | ||
42 | p. | |
43 | The goal is to bring a piece holding the ball in one of the three | |
44 | central squares of the opposite side (files d, e or f). | |
45 | ||
46 | figure.diagram-container | |
47 | .diagram.diag12 | |
2c5d7b20 | 48 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3i1P/1PP2N3/1RB1qP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
6f2f9437 | 49 | .diagram.diag22 |
2c5d7b20 | 50 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3h1P/1PP2N3/1RB1tP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
6f2f9437 | 51 | figcaption. |
2c5d7b20 | 52 | Left: before g4Pe2 (passing the ball). |
d54f6261 | 53 | Right: after the move. Then ...Q(x)d1# cannot be prevented. |
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54 | |
55 | p. | |
2c5d7b20 | 56 | The black phoenix on g4 passes the ball to the black queen on e2. |
d54f6261 | 57 | Victory is then garanteed by playing a queen move on the first rank. |
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58 | |
59 | h3 Source | |
60 | ||
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61 | p |
62 | | A friend and I talked some day (in 2019) about a variant where pieces | |
63 | | would hit a ball to bring it to the opposite side. | |
e9c9954f | 64 | | This version is inspired by these preliminary trials. |