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| 2 | | Captures turn the capturer into the captured piece. |
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| 4 | p. |
| 5 | Everything is the same as in orthodox rules, with one exception: |
| 6 | after each capture, the capturer takes the nature of the captured piece. |
| 7 | The goal is still to checkmate, and stalemate is a draw. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | p. |
| 10 | For example after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nxe5, e5 is now a white pawn. |
| 11 | This capture seems bad, but anything which capture e5 later |
| 12 | will turn into a pawn... |
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| 14 | figure.diagram-container |
| 15 | .diagram.diag12 |
| 16 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/p1pp1ppp/1p6/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R: |
| 17 | .diagram.diag22 |
| 18 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/p1pp1ppp/1p6/4P3/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R: |
| 19 | figcaption After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 b6 (left) with 3.Nxe5 (right) |
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| 21 | p If the king captures, it transforms as well but stays royal. |
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| 23 | h3 More information |
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| 26 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/cannibal.html") |
| 27 | | Cannibal Chess |
| 28 | | on chessvariants.com. |