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1 | p.boxed |
| 2 | | Two new pieces on a bigger board (10x10). | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | p. | |
| 5 | The rules are essentially the same as orthodox chess, but with two new | |
| 6 | pieces, the elephant and cannon. Because of the 10x10 board, pawns promote | |
| 7 | at the 10th rank, into any piece. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 10 | .diagram.diag12 | |
| 11 | | fen:91/91/91/3b6/4E5/3N6/2p3P3/91/91/91 c4,c8,d7,f5,f7,g8: | |
| 12 | .diagram.diag22 | |
| 13 | | fen:91/91/91/91/1P2CB2p1/91/4p5/91/91/4n5 c6,d6,e7,e8,e9,e10,e5,e1,i6: | |
| 14 | figcaption Left: moves of the elephant. Right: moves of the cannon. | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | p. | |
| 17 | The elephant moves by one or two squares diagonally, potentially jumping | |
| 18 | over a piece. The cannon moves like a rook but captures by jumping first | |
| 19 | over an obstacle, as the diagram illustrates. After such a jump the cannon | |
| 20 | can only capture (no normal moves). | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | h3 Source | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | p | |
| 25 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/shako.html") Shako | |
| 26 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
| 27 | | This variant is also playable | |
| 28 | a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/shako") on pychess-variants | |
| 29 | | . | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | p Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux (1990) |