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- | Win by losing all your pieces. Capture is mandatory.
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-h3 Specifications
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- li Chessboard: standard.
- li Material: standard.
- li Non-capturing moves: standard (when allowed).
- li Special moves: no castle.
- li Captures: standard.
- li End of game: stalemate or lose all material.
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-h3 Basics
+ | Win by losing all your pieces. Capture is mandatory.
p.
- The goal is to lose all pieces, or get stalemated like on the following diagram.
- The king has no royal status: it can be taken as any other piece.
- Thus, there is no castle rule, no checks.
+ The goal is to lose all pieces, or get stalemated like on the following diagram.
+ The king has no royal status: it can be taken as any other piece.
+ Thus, there is no castle rule, no checks.
p Captures are mandatory, but when several capturing moves are possible you can choose.
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- .diagram
- | fen:6nB/6P1/8/4p3/2p1P3/2P5/8/8:
- figcaption White cannot move: 1-0.
+ .diagram
+ | fen:6nB/6P1/8/4p3/2p1P3/2P5/8/8:
+ figcaption White cannot move: 1-0.
h3 Special moves
p.
- Castling is not possible, but en-passant captures are allowed.
- Pawns may promote into king (so you can potentially have several kings on the board).
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-h3 End of the game
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-p.
- Win by losing all material or be stalemated (for example with only blocked pawns
- remaining on board).
+ Castling is not possible, but en-passant captures are allowed.
+ Pawns may promote into king (so you can potentially have several kings on the board).
h3 More information
p
- | This is a popular variant, played in many places on the web.
- | A starting point can be the
- a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_Chess") Wikipedia page
- | .
+ | This is a popular variant, played in many places on the web.
+ | A starting point can be the
+ a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_Chess") Wikipedia page
+ | .