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2 | | Capture the ball, pass it among your pieces and bring it to the | |
3 | | center of the last rank. | |
4 | ||
5 | p. | |
6 | At the beginning, there is a ball in the center of the 9x9 board. | |
7 | It doesn't move. The first piece to capture it will then hold the ball. | |
8 | ||
9 | ul | |
10 | li. | |
11 | Capturing an enemy unit holding the ball both make the piece | |
12 | disappear and grab the ball. | |
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13 | li. |
14 | "Capturing" a friendly unit pass the ball to it, or take the ball | |
15 | from it. In both cases the pieces don't move. | |
6f2f9437 | 16 | |
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17 | p. |
18 | All pieces represent players on a field of some ball game, | |
94b9fcef | 19 | so they can move up to three squares only for a better realism. |
d54f6261 | 20 | |
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21 | p. |
22 | To balance the advantage of ball possession, the piece holding the ball | |
23 | cannot capture enemy pieces. | |
24 | ||
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25 | figure.diagram-container |
26 | .diagram.diag12 | |
61656127 | 27 | | fen:1bnrqrnhb/ppppppppp/2h6/9/4a4/5P3/9/PPPPP1PPP/HBNRQRNHB: |
6f2f9437 | 28 | .diagram.diag22 |
61656127 | 29 | | fen:1bnrqrnhb/ppppppppp/2h6/9/4S4/9/9/PPPPP1PPP/HBNRQRNHB: |
d54f6261 | 30 | figcaption Left: before fxe5 (taking ball). Right: after fxe5. |
6f2f9437 | 31 | |
2c5d7b20 | 32 | p |
61656127 | 33 | | The new piece represented by an upside-down knight is a |
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34 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(chess)") Phoenix (H) |
35 | | . It moves by jumping two squares diagonally (potentially over pieces), | |
36 | | or one square orthogonally. | |
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37 | |
38 | h3 End of the game | |
39 | ||
40 | p. | |
41 | The goal is to bring a piece holding the ball in one of the three | |
42 | central squares of the opposite side (files d, e or f). | |
43 | ||
44 | figure.diagram-container | |
45 | .diagram.diag12 | |
2c5d7b20 | 46 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3i1P/1PP2N3/1RB1qP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
6f2f9437 | 47 | .diagram.diag22 |
2c5d7b20 | 48 | | fen:3rn1r2/1pp3pbp/2hp2n2/p1b1pp1p1/P6P1/2N3h1P/1PP2N3/1RB1tP3/1R2BH1HQ: |
6f2f9437 | 49 | figcaption. |
2c5d7b20 | 50 | Left: before g4Pe2 (passing the ball). |
d54f6261 | 51 | Right: after the move. Then ...Q(x)d1# cannot be prevented. |
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52 | |
53 | p. | |
2c5d7b20 | 54 | The black phoenix on g4 passes the ball to the black queen on e2. |
d54f6261 | 55 | Victory is then garanteed by playing a queen move on the first rank. |
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56 | |
57 | h3 Source | |
58 | ||
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59 | p |
60 | | A friend and I talked some day (in 2019) about a variant where pieces | |
61 | | would hit a ball to bring it to the opposite side. | |
62 | | This version is inspired by these preliminary trials, | |
63 | | because hitting the ball led to somewhat blocked situations. | |
64 | | Indeed in | |
65 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/crossover.dir/football.html") | |
66 | | Football Chess | |
67 | | mentioned on chessvariants, the ball could have very limited | |
68 | | movements on the edges or corners. |