move normally without a prise, but with the help of a sautoir for a capture
Mao is a creeping Knight who first takes a Rook step and then a Bishop step
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1.PAa2-a3 ! zugzwang.
1...Ke5-d6
2.PAa4-f4 #
1...Ke5-f4
2.VAg7-d4 #
1...Ke5-d4
2.PAa6-f6 #
1...Ke5-f6
2.VAh2-d6 #
{Star escape with an ABCD-BCDA cycle on the 4 black squares in question.
A commentator says that 🨷h7 could be replaced by a ♟g5, but it is obvious that the author preferred a "Rex solus"}
2 - double stalemate serial help 8== mars circé
Kotesovec, V.2005
white Qb8 Ba7b5 Sb7 Ka6 Pc5c4b4a2f6
black Pc6a4c3c2b2d2f7 Kc1 Qd1
ser-h==8 circé martien(10+9)
black plays n moves in a row,
then white makes 1 move and both sides are stalemated !
pieces move normally except for capturing where they virtually pass through
their native square
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1.Kc1-b1 2.c2-c1=S {(2.Qe1 ? illegal as it would put Kb1 in the grip of Qb8)}
3.Qd1-e1 4.d2-d1=B ! {(4.Kc2 ? illegal always Qb8)
(4..d1=R ? would allow 9.Rd1-a8xDb8)}
5.Kb1-c2 6.b2-b1=R ! {(6.Kd2 ? illegal as it would put King in the grip of Nb7)
(6.b1=B ? would allow 9...Bb1-c8xCb7)}
7.Kc2-d2 8.c3-c2 9.a2-a3
{Double stalemat.
Bd1 pins Nb7, which pins Rb1, which pins Ba7, which pins Nc1, which pins Qb8,
which pins Bd1.
wK and bQ immobilise each other.
Pf6 forbids ... Ke3, Pb4 ...Kc3 and Bb5 ...Ke2 (...Kd3). Pc6 (capturing by c7) is immobilized.}
3 - 2# sat
Gockel, H.2017
white Bb8 Ra5 Pd7e7f7g2f3 Ke6 Sf6
black Ba8 Pd6e5g6g4g3e4 Rg5d3 Sh5c4 Kh4
#2 SAT(9+12)
a King is in checked when... he threatens to play on a square where it is not in check in the traditional sense.
white Rh8 Kg1 Ph2
black Ka8 Qc8 Sb7c7 Pe7 Bf6 Rb5e4
h#2.5 Take&Make(3+8)b) ♞b7 --> a7
the capturing unit, after the capture movement, must pay tribute to the missing piece
by making a complementary move without a capture using its march.
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