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The first capture of Golem removes the piece capturing. The second capture any time later of Golem removes the Golem itself, designated Half-Golem for the moves in the interval after the first ''capture.''
If a Half-Golem captures an adjacent Golem, then the Half-Golem is removed from play and the Golem is replaced by a Half-Golem as per usual. The line is just explaining the restrictions on Golem and Half-Golem captures of Golems and Half-Golems; in general, this sort of capture is still referred to as capture in these rules.
Very interesting! Half-golem capturing adjacent half-golem: It says 'If a piece other than a Golem captures a Golem, the capturing piece is removed from play, and the Golem is replaced by a Half-Golem of the same ownership as the Golem.' But it also says 'A Golem or Half-Golem may always capture an adjacent Golem or Half-Golem.' What happens here? And likewise, if a half-golem captures an adjacent full-golem, is the capturing piece also removed?
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does this mean that queens do exist in golem chess but only as promoted pawns?
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Exactly. We probably should have put it that 'Golems replace Queens in the initial array' or some such language.
one question: it is stated that pawns may be promoted to queens. it has also been stated that golems replace queens at the beginning of the game. does this mean that queens do exist in golem chess but only as promoted pawns?
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