2 | A piece 'A' captures an opponent piece 'B' if and only if B can take A
3 | according to the orthodox rules.
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7 | fen:r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R:
8 figcaption After 3.Bb5?? black can play 3...Nxb5 or 3...e5xf3 for example
12 p Conforming to the rule, the king captures the pieces which are attacking him.
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16 | fen:8/8/8/3r1k2/8/8/3K4/8:
17 figcaption The white king can take the rook
20 However, the king is attacked in the same way as in regular chess -
21 and it's the only exception.
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25 | fen:r7/2n5/1q6/5k2/8/8/K7/8:
27 The king cannot take on a8 because the square is guarded by the knight:
33 | Very few resources about this variation: I found
34 a(href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/ZenChess.html") this webpage
36 a(href="http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ZenChess.htm") this one
39 p Inventor: Moe Moss (1970)