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How to Design and Post Your Own Game. A reference for those who want to post their own games here.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Nov 7, 2020 08:48 PM UTC in reply to Kutasi Márton from 06:37 PM:

It is being reviewed. Thank you for your patience.

I will need to make significant changes to the text for clarity. First, let me make sure I understand the rules exactly. I think the game is the same as orthodox chess except for the following:

  1. There is no check, checkmate, or stalemate.
  2. If you capture the opponent’s king, you win immediately
  3. If you move your king to the last rank, you win immediately
  4. Pieces cannot capture, except: (a) a King can capture anything, and (b) anything can capture a King.
  5. Pawns can also move a single space backwards, but cannot capture anything backwards.

Does this look right?

Also, another question about the pawn. When can a pawn make a 2-space move? Any time it is on the second rank? (For example, it moves a space backward to the first rank, then a space forward to the second rank. Can it then make a 2-space move?)