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The opening position for Amazon Chess.</div>
=Rules=

Amazon Chess is played on a 8x8 board
White moves first.
White and black begin the game with 2 Knights (N)<br>
White and black begin the game with 2 Bishops (B)<br>
White and black begin the game with 2 Rooks (R)<br>
White and black begin the game with 1 Amazon (A)<br>
White and black begin the game with 1 King (K)<br>
White and black begin the game with 8 Pawns (P)<br>
The King is a royal piece (king).<br>

==Objectives==
The game is won:
* If the enemy king is check-mated.

The game is a draw:
* If the enemy king is stale-mated.
* If the enemy only has a king left and cannot take your last piece
* If the same position occurs for the third time.
* If no progress has been made for 50 consecutive moves.
* If there is insufficient material to mate the enemy king.

==Movement of the pieces==
<table border="1px">
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Knight]] (N) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The Knight moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).<br>
[[Betza description]]: N<br>
</td>
<td><fen>8/3.1.2/2.3.1/4N3/2.3.1/3.1.2/8/8</fen></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Bishop]] (B) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The Bishop moves and captures as a slider (marked •).<br>
[[Betza description]]: B<br>
</td>
<td><fen>1.5./2.3.1/3.1.2/4B3/3.1.2/2.3.1/1.5./.7</fen></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Rook]] (R) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The Rook moves and captures as a slider (marked •).<br>
[[Betza description]]: R<br>
</td>
<td><fen>4.3/4.3/4.3/....R.../4.3/4.3/4.3/4.3</fen></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Amazon]] (A) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The Amazon moves and captures as a compound (marked •).<br>
[[Betza description]]: QN<br>
</td>
<td><fen>1.2.2./2.....1/2.....1/....A.../2.....1/2.....1/1.2.2./.3.3</fen></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[King]] (K) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The King moves and captures as a leaper (marked •).<br>
[[Betza description]]: KisO2<br>
The King can castle.<br>
</td>
<td><fen>8/8/3...2/3.K.2/3...2/8/8/8</fen></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Pawn]] (P) </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
The Pawn moves as a stepper (marked •).<br>
The Pawn captures as a stepper (marked ×).<br>
[[Betza description]]: fmWfceFifmW2<br>
The Pawn cannot move back to the square it came from.<br>
The Pawn can capture en-passant.<br>
The Pawn can promote to a [[Knight]], [[Bishop]], [[Rook]] or [[Amazon]].<br>
</td>
<td><fen>8/8/3#.#2/4P3/2.5/1#.#4/2P5/8</fen></td>
</tr>
</table>

==Promotion==
Promotions are allowed when a piece moves into or out of the promotion zone.<br>
<table border="1px">
<tr><th colspan="2"> [[Pawn]] (P) </th></tr>
<tr><td>
The Pawn must promote when it reaches one of the squares marked with •.<br>
The Pawn can promote to a [[Knight]], [[Bishop]], [[Rook]] or [[Amazon]].<br>
</td>
<td><fen>,,,,,,,,/8/8/8/8/8/8/........</fen></td>
</tr>
</table>

[[Category: 8x8]]
[[Category: Standard Board]]

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