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| 8055eabd BA |
1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | Capturing pieces don't move. | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | p. | |
| 5 | Everything is the same as in orthodox chess, except that after capturing | |
| 6 | a piece, the attacker stay still. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 9 | .diagram.diag12 | |
| 10 | | fen:r1bqkbnr/p1pppppp/1pn5/7Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR: | |
| 11 | .diagram.diag22 | |
| 12 | | fen:r1bqkbnr/p1ppp2p/1pn5/7Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR: | |
| 13 | figcaption Left: after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Qh5 b6??. Right: after 3.Qxf7+ g6 4.Qxg6#. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | p. | |
| 2c5d7b20 BA |
16 | This "small" difference alters the strategy a lot: guarding pieces is |
| 17 | useless, for example, and the king cannot escape a distant check by | |
| 18 | capturing. | |
| 8055eabd BA |
19 | |
| 20 | h3 Source | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | p | |
| 23 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/rifle.html") Rifle Chess | |
| 24 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
| d048c4c9 | 25 | |
| 5b18515f | 26 | p Inventor: William Buehler Seabrook (1921) |