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Dave's Silly Example Game

Dave's example game is just a 2x2 board with Kings and Queens. Graphic:

Setup

+---+---+
| k | q |
+---+---+
| Q | K |
+---+---+

Pieces

Each side has:

1 King (which moves as in normal chess)
1 Queen (which moves as in normal chess)

Rules

Same as in usual chess, but no capturing is allowed!!

Notes

A rather silly game that has no legal moves. Here is a camera image:

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By David Howe.
Web page created: 2005-04-29. Web page last updated: 2005-01-01