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carlos carlos wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 07:37 AM UTC:

if a coordinator moves along a rank (so NOT to a new rank), can it still
take a piece on that rank which is on the same file as the coordinator's
king?

i.e. black king at h2, black coordinator at g3, white pawn at g2.  can the
coordinator move to g6 and capture the pawn?  it is not technically moving
into the same rank as the pawn.  so i originally thought that this would
not be a capture.  however, the rules say 'at the end of the move' which
make me think it would be a capture.  can anyone confirm this?

Antoine Fourrière wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 12:26 PM UTC:

Yes, it would be a capture. (At Maxima, a Coordinator on e9 in front of his King on e10 may fend off a Long Leaper check on a10 by going to a9, provided there is no piece in the way.)

carlos carlos wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 12:50 PM UTC:

thanks, antoine. although your example doesn't match my question. what i mean is, let's say a black coordinator is on a4 and a black king is on e1. let's say a white piece moves into e4. this is not a loss of the white piece, i'm sure. but what if on the next move the black coordinator simply moves to b4. that's a capture too, right? or wrong?

Antoine Fourrière wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 01:38 PM UTC:

Oops, sorry. Yes, it would still be a capture, regardless of whether the departure square would have been a capture square if the Coordinator landed there instead. (And that's the way it is implemented in the Ultima/Maxima zrfs.)

carlos carlos wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 02:39 PM UTC:

thanks guys.

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