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