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2 | Pieces generally move like an orthodox queen, |
3 | but capture according to complexe rules. | |
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4 | |
5 | p. | |
6 | This variant comes from an attempt to fix some issues with Baroque variant, | |
7 | which "favors the defense over the attack, and is lacking in clarity" | |
8 | (from the introduction of the Rococo rules; see the link at the bottom of | |
9 | the page). | |
10 | ||
11 | h4 Pieces names | |
12 | ||
13 | p Pieces names refer to the way they capture, which is described later. | |
14 | ul | |
15 | li Pawn : Cannon Pawn | |
16 | li Rook : Swapper | |
17 | li Knight : Long Leaper | |
383bf350 | 18 | li Bishop : Chameleon |
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19 | li Queen : "Pushme-Pullyu" |
20 | li King : King (same behavior as in standard chess) | |
21 | p. | |
22 | Besides, a new piece is introduced: the immobilizer, written by the letter | |
23 | 'M'. It is represented by an upside-down rook: | |
24 | ||
25 | figure.diagram-container | |
26 | .diagram | |
27 | | fen:91/91/91/5m4/91/91/91/4M5/91/91: | |
28 | figcaption Immobilizers on e3 and f7. | |
29 | ||
30 | p The board is of size 10x10 to facilitate captures, as explained below. | |
31 | ||
32 | h3 Non-capturing moves | |
33 | ||
34 | p The king moves (and captures) as usual. | |
35 | ||
36 | p. | |
37 | Cannon Pawns move without capturing two ways: either a single step in any | |
38 | direction, or, they may leap over an adjacent piece of either side to the | |
39 | empty square just beyond. | |
40 | ||
41 | figure.diagram-container | |
42 | .diagram | |
43 | | fen:91/91/91/91/4b5/4P5/5Q4/91/91/91 e4,d4,d5,d6,f6,f5,e7,g3: | |
44 | figcaption Squares where the pawn can move to (without capturing). | |
45 | ||
46 | p All other pieces move like an orthodox queen. | |
47 | ||
48 | p. | |
49 | When a piece is next to an enemy immobilizer, it cannot move but | |
50 | is allowed a special "suicide" move: it can disappear by "capturing" the | |
51 | immobilizer (to trigger the move on the interface). | |
52 | ||
53 | h3 Capturing moves | |
54 | ||
55 | p. | |
56 | As said above, the king captures as usual. However, all other pieces have | |
57 | a new way of capturing - when they can. Indeed the immobilizer doesn't | |
58 | capture, and the swapper can only capture a piece when it stands next to him. | |
59 | In this case he disappears as well in the process. | |
60 | ||
61 | p. | |
62 | The edge of the board can be reached only by capturing, only if landing on | |
63 | the edge is the only way to do some capture, and that there exist no other | |
64 | such captures with a smallest move length. The move length is the distance | |
65 | between the initial and destination squares. | |
66 | ||
67 | h4 (Cannon) Pawns | |
68 | ||
69 | p. | |
70 | Cannon pawns capture by leaping over an adjacent piece (the mount), landing | |
71 | on the opposing piece just beyond the mount. | |
72 | ||
73 | figure.diagram-container | |
74 | .diagram | |
75 | | fen:91/91/91/4p5/4b5/1rB1P5/5Q4/2p3q3/91/91 e7,g3: | |
76 | figcaption Possible pawn captures. | |
77 | ||
78 | h4 "Pushme-Pullyu" (Queen) | |
79 | ||
80 | p. | |
81 | The queen captures on the square just after where she stops (if any | |
82 | opponent's piece stands there), and also on the square initially just behind | |
83 | her. It is a combination of a Withdrawer and an Advancer, as described on | |
84 | the rules page on chessvariants (see the link at the bottom). | |
85 | ||
86 | figure.diagram-container | |
87 | .diagram | |
88 | | fen:91/91/91/91/2bQ4r1/91/91/91/91/91 h6: | |
89 | figcaption. | |
90 | Any move to the right will capture the bishop; only a move to the marked | |
91 | spot will also capture the rook. | |
92 | ||
93 | h4 Rook (Swapper) | |
94 | ||
95 | p. | |
96 | The rook can swap its position with any enemy piece in the attacking | |
97 | line of an orthodox queen, as illustrated below. | |
98 | ||
99 | figure.diagram-container | |
100 | .diagram.diag12 | |
101 | | fen:91/91/7k2/91/91/91/2n7/2R7/91/91: | |
102 | .diagram.diag22 | |
103 | | fen:91/91/7R2/91/91/91/2n7/2k7/91/91: | |
104 | figcaption Before and after a rook swap with the king. | |
105 | ||
106 | p. | |
107 | Moreover, if the rook stands just next to an enemy piece (like the knight | |
108 | here), it can choose to capture it by a "kamikaze" attack: indeed it get | |
109 | self-destroyed in the process. | |
110 | ||
111 | h4 Other pieces | |
112 | ||
113 | p. | |
114 | The Long Leaper, Immobilizer and Chameleon behave as in the Baroque | |
115 | variant playable on this site: please refer to these rules description. There | |
116 | is only one change is in the immobilizing rules, which are simpler here: | |
117 | immobilizers powers are not canceled by the chameleons. | |
118 | ||
119 | h3 End of the game | |
120 | ||
121 | p. | |
122 | The game ends by checkmate or stalemate as in standard chess. | |
123 | Just pay attention to the capturing rules :) | |
124 | ||
125 | h3 Source | |
126 | ||
127 | p | |
128 | | The | |
129 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/rococo.html") Rococo variant | |
130 | | on chessvariants.com. | |
131 | ||
132 | p Inventors: Peter Aronson and David Howe (2002) |