| 1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | Any piece guarded by a friendly knight can also move like a knight. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | In addition to its normal abilities, a piece guarded by a knight can move |
| 6 | like him. On the following diagram, 1.Nf4 would checkmate because it guard |
| 7 | the g6 queen. If it is black to play, then 1...Rxe2 is forbidden because of |
| 8 | the knight immunity exception. Exceptions to the orthodox rules are the |
| 9 | following: |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ul |
| 12 | li Knights cannot capture or be captured. |
| 13 | li Kings cannot be knight-relayed. |
| 14 | li Pawns cannot give check on last rank or promote with knight-relay. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | p These oddities excepted, orthodox rules apply. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | figure.diagram-container |
| 19 | .diagram |
| 20 | | fen:7k/8/6Q1/1n6/8/2r5/4N3/K7: |
| 21 | |
| 22 | h3 Source |
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| 24 | p |
| 25 | | These are the original N-relay or Knight-relay rules, described for |
| 26 | | example |
| 27 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffmove.dir/nrelay.html") on this page |
| 28 | | . See also Knightrelay2. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | p Inventor: Mannis Charosh (1972) |