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   1 p.boxed
   2   | "Capturing" a piece creates an union,
   3   | which your opponent can still use on his turn.
   4   | Enter an union to release your piece.
   5
   6 p.
   7   The variant's name means "Chess of Peace" in Esperanto.
   8   Paco-Sako was invented by Felix Albers in 2017, and further developped
   9   also by Rolf Kreibaum and Raimond Fluijt.
  10
  11 p
  12   | You can learn more about the variant's history and buy nice dedicated
  13   | pieces (and boards) on the official website
  14   a(href="http://pacosako.com/") pacosako.com
  15   | . The variant is playable online at
  16   a(href="http://pacoplay.com/") pacoplay.com
  17   | . You're invited to play over there instead :-)
  18   | Besides, they have cuter unions' drawings.
  19
  20 h3 Basic rules
  21
  22 p.
  23   There are no captures in this game: only unions of pieces,
  24   which are released when replaced by another friendly piece.
  25   The goal is to create an union with the enemy king.
  26   I like to think of unions as "pieces dancing together", so both
  27   terms will be used on this page.
  28
  29 figure.showPieces.text-center
  30   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wc.png")
  31   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bc.png")
  32   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/bt.png")
  33   img(src="/images/pieces/Pacosako/wv.png")
  34   figcaption Some union pieces.
  35
  36 p.
  37   At each turn, a player chooses either one of his pieces or an union piece;
  38   let's write this piece A.
  39 ul
  40   li.
  41     Case 1: A is a dancing piece. Then, it's only allowed to move
  42     to a vacant square according to our piece's type.
  43   li.
  44     Case 2: A is a standard piece.
  45     It can then be moved anywhere but on our own (normal) pieces.
  46     "Capturing" an enemy piece creates an union composed of both pieces.
  47     "Capturing" an union releases our piece formerly in union,
  48     which has to be moved immediately by the same player. It can in turn
  49     release another piece, thus following a chain of unions.
  50
  51 p
  52   | This may appear confusing at first reading, but is simpler than it seems.
  53   | See for example this
  54   a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2JLsFvfxI") gameplay video
  55   | , or another one from the same YouTube channel.
  56
  57 figure.diagram-container
  58   .diagram.diag12
  59     | fen:4k3/8/2q5/8/4O3/2w2B2/8/5K2:
  60   .diagram.diag22
  61     | fen:4k3/8/2Y5/8/4s3/2S5/8/5K2:
  62   figcaption Before and after the chaining move Bxe4, Ne4xc3, Qc3xc6.
  63
  64 h3 Special moves, additional notes
  65
  66 p.
  67   "Capturing" an union en passant releases our dancing piece from the
  68   intermediate square.
  69
  70 p Promotion occur when any pawn (in union or not) reaches its final rank.
  71
  72 p.
  73   Castling is forbidden if a direct or "chained" attack exists on any square
  74   in the king's path. However, direct or chained attacks on the king are
  75   otherwise ignored: you can run or remain into "check".
  76
  77 figure.diagram-container
  78   .diagram
  79     | fen:r1q1k2r/p1Pb1ppp/5n2/1f1p4/AV5P/2dDP3/P2B1PP1/R3K1NR:
  80   figcaption.
  81     Black cannot castle because of the chain Bxc3, c3xb5, b5xb4, b4xf8
  82
  83 h3 Non-official rules
  84
  85 p.
  86   I added some small changes, globally to complicate defense.
  87   These are not in the official rules.
  88
  89 ul
  90   li.
  91     Canceling an union move is forbidden. For example if a bishop is
  92     dancing with a queen, and makes the move e5 to g3, the other player
  93     cannot move it back to e5 just after.
  94   li.
  95     Pawns can advance two squares only if they never moved (by themselves
  96     or as part of an union).
  97   li.
  98     If you form an union with your king but end dancing with the
  99     other king on the other end of the chain, the game is a draw.
 100
 101 figure.diagram-container
 102   .diagram.diag12
 103     | fen:r2qk2r/pbpe1pp1/np5p/2b1p3/4P1t1/2N3K1/PPPP1PPP/R1B3NR:
 104   .diagram.diag22
 105     | fen:r2qX2r/pbpf1pp1/np5p/2b1p3/4P1u1/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1B3NR:
 106   figcaption Before and after Kxg4, g4xd7, d7xe8 1/2
 107
 108 h3 More information
 109
 110 p
 111   | The authors wrote
 112   a(href="/variants/Pacosako/manual.pdf") a manual
 113   | &nbsp;with many more diagrams and explanations.
 114   | See also the rules
 115   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/paco-shako")
 116     | on chessvariants.com
 117   | .