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14 <TITLE>GNU Shogi manual: Notes for chess players</TITLE>
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39 <H3> 2.1.8 Notes for chess players </H3>
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43 Here are a few miscellaneous things that may confuse chess players.
44 Some of these have been mentioned elsewhere, but they bear repeating.
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48 <LI>There is no queen.
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51 <LI>Pawns capture the same way they move.  There is no initial
52 two-space pawn move and no <EM>en-passant</EM> move.
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55 <LI>There is no special castling move.  There <EM>are</EM> a large
56 number of possible defensive formations referred to as "castles"
57 (see section <A HREF="gnushogi_15.html#SEC15">2.2 Sample game</A>) but there is no need for special moves to create
58 them.
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61 <LI>A given piece can only promote to <EM>one</EM> other kind of piece.
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