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Disguised King I. A secret royal pawn must be protected.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Anonymous wrote on Thu, May 20, 2004 08:37 PM UTC:
It declares Checkmate when the royal pawn can still move to get 
out of check. Example:
  abcdefgh
8 RQ  KB R 8
7  PX XX + 7
6     BN   6
5 PnNX  n  5
4          4
3  b x     3
2 pp!  xpp 2
1 r bqr k  1
  abcdefgh
 (checkmate declared after White's move)
Capital letters represent Red pieces.
Lowercase letters represent White pieces.
x/X represents Pawns known by opponent not to be royal.
!/+ represents Royal Pawn