Check out Makruk (Thai Chess), our featured variant for March, 2025.
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Cheapmate Chess
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once
You make make an illegal move (i.e., to an empty square, or capturing a non-royal opponent) if this delivers checkmate. You may not expose your own king to check in doing so. By Robert Price, 2002.
These are simple illustrations rather than strong opponents.
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Written by Ed Friedlander