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   1 p.boxed.
   2   Pieces generally move like an orthodox queen,
   3   but capture according to complexe rules.
   4
   5 p.
   6   This variant comes from an attempt to fix some issues with Baroque variant,
   7   which "favors the defense over the attack, and is lacking in clarity"
   8   (from the introduction of the Rococo rules; see the link at the bottom of
   9   the page).
  10
  11 h4 Pieces names
  12
  13 p Pieces names refer to the way they capture, which is described later.
  14 ul
  15   li Pawn : Cannon Pawn
  16   li Rook : Swapper
  17   li Knight : Long Leaper
  18   li Bishop : Chameleon
  19   li Queen : "Pushme-Pullyu"
  20   li King : King (same behavior as in standard chess)
  21 p.
  22   Besides, a new piece is introduced: the immobilizer, written by the letter
  23   'M'. It is represented by an upside-down rook:
  24
  25 figure.diagram-container
  26   .diagram
  27     | fen:91/91/91/5m4/91/91/91/4M5/91/91:
  28   figcaption Immobilizers on e3 and f7.
  29
  30 p The board is of size 10x10 to facilitate captures, as explained below.
  31
  32 h3 Non-capturing moves
  33
  34 p The king moves (and captures) as usual.
  35
  36 p.
  37   Cannon Pawns move without capturing two ways: either a single step in any
  38   direction, or, they may leap over an adjacent piece of either side to the
  39   empty square just beyond.
  40
  41 figure.diagram-container
  42   .diagram
  43     | fen:91/91/91/91/4b5/4P5/5Q4/91/91/91 e4,d4,d5,d6,f6,f5,e7,g3:
  44   figcaption Squares where the pawn can move to (without capturing).
  45
  46 p All other pieces move like an orthodox queen.
  47
  48 p.
  49   When a piece is next to an enemy immobilizer, it cannot move but
  50   is allowed a special "suicide" move: it can disappear by "capturing" the
  51   immobilizer (to trigger the move on the interface).
  52
  53 h3 Capturing moves
  54
  55 p.
  56   As said above, the king captures as usual. However, all other pieces have
  57   a new way of capturing - when they can. Indeed the immobilizer doesn't
  58   capture, and the swapper can only capture a piece when it stands next to him.
  59   In this case he disappears as well in the process.
  60
  61 p.
  62   The edge of the board can be reached only by capturing, only if landing on
  63   the edge is the only way to do some capture, and that there exist no other
  64   such captures with a smallest move length. The move length is the distance
  65   between the initial and destination squares.
  66
  67 h4 (Cannon) Pawns
  68
  69 p.
  70   Cannon pawns capture by leaping over an adjacent piece (the mount), landing
  71   on the opposing piece just beyond the mount.
  72
  73 figure.diagram-container
  74   .diagram
  75     | fen:91/91/91/4p5/4b5/1rB1P5/5Q4/2p3q3/91/91 e7,g3:
  76   figcaption Possible pawn captures.
  77
  78 h4 "Pushme-Pullyu" (Queen)
  79
  80 p.
  81   The queen captures on the square just after where she stops (if any
  82   opponent's piece stands there), and also on the square initially just behind
  83   her. It is a combination of a Withdrawer and an Advancer, as described on
  84   the rules page on chessvariants (see the link at the bottom).
  85
  86 figure.diagram-container
  87   .diagram
  88     | fen:91/91/91/91/2bQ4r1/91/91/91/91/91 h6:
  89   figcaption.
  90     Any move to the right will capture the bishop; only a move to the marked
  91     spot will also capture the rook.
  92
  93 h4 Rook (Swapper)
  94
  95 p.
  96   The rook can swap its position with any enemy piece in the attacking
  97   line of an orthodox queen, as illustrated below.
  98
  99 figure.diagram-container
 100   .diagram.diag12
 101     | fen:91/91/7k2/91/91/91/2n7/2R7/91/91:
 102   .diagram.diag22
 103     | fen:91/91/7R2/91/91/91/2n7/2k7/91/91:
 104   figcaption Before and after a rook swap with the king.
 105
 106 p.
 107   Moreover, if the rook stands just next to an enemy piece (like the knight
 108   here), it can choose to capture it by a "kamikaze" attack: indeed it get
 109   self-destroyed in the process.
 110
 111 h4 Other pieces
 112
 113 p.
 114   The Long Leaper, Immobilizer and Chameleon behave as in the Baroque
 115   variant playable on this site: please refer to these rules description. There
 116   is only one change is in the immobilizing rules, which are simpler here:
 117   immobilizers powers are not canceled by the chameleons.
 118
 119 h3 End of the game
 120
 121 p.
 122   The game ends by checkmate or stalemate as in standard chess.
 123   Just pay attention to the capturing rules :)
 124
 125 h3 Source
 126
 127 p
 128   | The
 129   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/rococo.html") Rococo variant
 130   | &nbsp;on chessvariants.com.
 131
 132 p Inventors: Peter Aronson and David Howe (2002)