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11 <H3><A NAME="SEC15">Notes for chess players</A></H3>
14 Here are a few miscellaneous things that may confuse chess players.
15 Some of these have been mentioned elsewhere, but they bear repeating.
20 <LI>There is no queen.
22 <LI>Pawns capture the same way they move. There is no initial
24 two-space pawn move and no <EM>en-passant</EM> move.
26 <LI>There is no special castling move. There <EM>are</EM> a large
28 number of possible defensive formations referred to as "castles"
29 (see section <A HREF="gnushogi_13.html#SEC16">Sample game</A>) but there is no need for special moves to create
32 <LI>A given piece can only promote to <EM>one</EM> other kind of piece.
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