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| 2 | | Bring your king to the other side of the board. | |
| 3 | | Giving check is not allowed. | |
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| f446ee64 | 5 | p. |
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6 | The board is of size 11 by 11, and to win your king must arrive on the 11th |
| 7 | rank. He can never be in check (thus there is no checkmate). | |
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8 | Stalemate would be a draw, but it seldom occur in this variant. |
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| 10 | p. | |
| 11 | The basic strategy is to erect barriers on the way of the opponent king, | |
| 12 | with rooks and queen for example, while your king advance next to it. | |
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| 14 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 15 | .diagram | |
| 16 | | fen:9r1/1K9/4R6/10k/Q10/2B1RNb2p1/4Pn5/6Nq3/6p1r1n/P10/2B5b2: | |
| 17 | figcaption White can win by 1.Re8 Rxe8 2.Rxe8 and 3.Ka8 or 3.Kc8. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | h3 Adapted pieces movement | |
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| 21 | ul | |
| 22 | li. | |
| 23 | The knights are turned into knightriders: | |
| 24 | they can make multi knight steps in the same direction. | |
| 25 | li. | |
| 26 | The pawns can move as rooks. | |
| 27 | They still capture one square diagonally, and can also do it backward. | |
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| 29 | h3 Source | |
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| 31 | p | |
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32 | | Strongly inspired by the Racing Kings variant invented by Vernon R. Parton |
| 33 | | (1961), playable for example | |
| 0ba6420d | 34 | a(href="https://lichess.org/variant/racingKings") on lichess |
| 6b7b2cf7 | 35 | | , and also here: see "Racingkings" variant :-) |