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2 | | Pieces can also move as a knight. The knight is replaced by a mammoth. | |
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4 | p. | |
1b56b736 | 5 | In addition to their usual abilities, pawns and non-royal pieces (everything |
a0224b03 | 6 | but the king) may make non-capturing knight moves. |
1b56b736 | 7 | Pawns move forward only. |
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9 | p. | |
10 | The new piece instead of the knight is a Mammoth: it leaps two squares in | |
11 | any direction, as illustrated below. | |
12 | ||
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. | |
21 | ||
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) |