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Captain Spalding Chess. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
gnohmon wrote on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 02:20 AM UTC:
> may it play a Bat on the 8th

Please add to Rule Zero the following: 

'<H?>Drops and Placements</H?>

In games where pieces may be dropped or freely placed, the 
following <A HREF=???>Shogi</a> rule should apply: placing 
a piece in its promotion zone does not promote it, and placing 
a piece where the end of the board prevents it from moving
(for example, dropping a Pawn on its 8th rank) is forbidden.'

Notice that I adopted the Shogi rule of not having two Bats on the same
file; however, this generalization does not belong in rule zero.