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2 | | Checkmating the queen wins too. A queen cannot go or stay under check. |
3 | ||
4 | p Just as the king, the queen can be checked and mated. This means that | |
5 | ul | |
6 | li It is not allowed to make a move such that the queen can be captured. | |
7 | li. | |
8 | When your queen is attacked, you must play a move such that the queen | |
9 | is no longer attacked. | |
10 | li If it's impossible, then you lose. | |
11 | ||
12 | p. | |
13 | Since the king remains royal, this allows a new way to win: check both | |
57d9b2c4 | 14 | royal pieces at the same time, like on the following diagrams. |
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15 | |
16 | figure.diagram-container | |
57d9b2c4 | 17 | .diagram.diag12 |
3f22c2c3 | 18 | | fen:4Q3/4K3/8/8/3N4/5k2/2q5/8: |
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19 | .diagram.diag22 |
20 | | fen:n2rb1r1/1Qn2p2/5qp1/3p4/P1P2PNp/BP2k2P/R3P1P1/1K4RB: | |
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21 | figcaption Both black king and queen are in check: white wins. |
22 | ||
23 | h3 Special moves | |
24 | ||
25 | p. | |
26 | If a pawn promotes into a queen, the latter is royal as well. | |
27 | So under-promotions might be wiser. | |
28 | ||
29 | p. | |
30 | You can castle with the queen or the king and any of the two rooks, | |
31 | under the same conditions as orthodox castling. | |
32 | Here is the resulting position after two white small castles and | |
33 | one black large castle with the queen: | |
34 | ||
35 | figure.diagram-container | |
36 | .diagram | |
37 | | fen:r4rq1/ppppppkp/6p1/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1QR2RK1: | |
38 | figcaption After two white small castles and one black large castle. | |
39 | ||
40 | p. | |
41 | Note: to castle in a game you need to select | |
42 | the king or queen first, and then move it to a rook. | |
43 | ||
44 | h3 Source | |
45 | ||
46 | p | |
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47 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/coregal.html") |
48 | | Coregal Chess | |
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49 | | on chessvariants.com. |
50 | | This variant can be played too | |
51 | a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=coregal") on greenchess.net | |
52 | | . | |
53 | ||
54 | p Inventor: Vernon R. Parton (1970) |