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2 | | Any piece guarded by a friendly knight can also move like a knight. | |
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4 | p. | |
5 | In addition to its normal abilities, a piece guarded by a knight can move like him. | |
6 | On the following diagram, 1.Nf4 would checkmate because it guard the g6 queen. | |
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7 | If it is black to play, then 1...Rxe2 is forbidden because of the knight |
8 | immunity exception. Exceptions to the orthodox rules are the following: | |
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10 | ul | |
11 | li Knights cannot capture or be captured. | |
12 | li Kings cannot be knight-relayed. | |
13 | li Pawns cannot give check on last rank or promote with knight-relay. | |
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15 | p These oddities excepted, orthodox rules apply. | |
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17 | figure.diagram-container | |
18 | .diagram | |
19 | | fen:7k/8/6Q1/1n6/8/2r5/4N3/K7: | |
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21 | h3 Source | |
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23 | p | |
68e19a44 | 24 | | These are the original N-relay or Knight-relay rules, described for example |
8055eabd | 25 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/nrelay.html") on this page |
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26 | | . See also Knightrelay2. |
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28 | p Inventor: Mannis Charosh (1972) |