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| 2 | | Pieces can also move as a knight. The knight is replaced by a mammoth. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | In addition to their usual abilities, pawns and non-royal pieces (everything |
| 6 | but the king) may make non-capturing knight moves. |
| 7 | Pawns move forward only. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | p. |
| 10 | The new piece instead of the knight is a Mammoth: it leaps two squares in |
| 11 | any direction, as illustrated below. |
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| 13 | figure.diagram-container |
| 14 | .diagram |
| 15 | | fen:8/8/2pP4/4MP2/4p3/3p4/8/8 c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,g6,g5,g4,g3,f3,e3,c3,c4,c5: |
| 16 | figcaption Movements of the Mammoth |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ul |
| 19 | li A pawn cannot promote with a knight move. |
| 20 | li No en passant captures. |
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| 22 | h3 Source |
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| 24 | p |
| 25 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/balaklava.html") |
| 26 | | Balaklava Chess |
| 27 | | on chessvariants.com. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | p Inventor: Gianluca Vecchi (1994) |