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George Duke wrote on Sat, Sep 6, 2008 11:33 AM EDT:
Baseball Chess 9x9, Hit By Pitch. Queen's move every   LF__CF__RF  123
time it happens is the Pitch.  If Pitcher-Queen        SS__PI__2B  456
moves, any enemy piece at the one square beyond        3B__CA__1B  789
where Queen stops is ''Hit By Pitch.'' Hit by Pitch     RNBKQCBNR
becomes option for the opposing side, like Extra Inning (Mutators 'ww'
to 'zz') not mandatory, or like Flyball and Groundball not mandatory.  Hit-by-Pitch condition, as deserving a
''Walk'' (See mutators 'dd' and 'ee' for similarity) for the one
who has been Hit, permits moving the piece or Pawn so Hit the next turn
only at option to any square in the rank immediately forward. (sss) Hit by
Pitch applies as above. Hit-by-Pitch option to ''Walk'' means to switch
to any vacant square next rank the next turn. (ttt) 'sss', option good
for the next two turns (uuu) 'sss', H.B.P. permits moving in the switch,
or teleport, to any square next forward or same rank at option -- the allowed
Walk. (vvv) 'sss' Queen's capture of another piece or Pawn voids
H.B.P. and so only applies if Queen stops on vacant square.  (www)
'vvv', also no Hit by Pitch is awarded for Queen's stopping within her
Nonant, the Mound, notwithstanding any opposition player on the next
square beyond Queen's arrival square.  (xxx) 'sss', the Walk means any
vacant square within either of the next two forward ranks, not just one. 
(yyy)This 'yyy' calls above 'ttt' permitting the H.B.P. option for two turns. Now unusual case where Queen moves twice in row, and happens to create two accumulated H.B.P. options for opponent, allows using both of them together as one turn: serial Hit By Pitch and the choice of ''Walking'' two pieces at once; or even rarer the same piece  Walking two times once upon the other -- counting as just single turn for team  earning the right by such serial accumulation from two enemy Queen moves in succession. (The very latter sub-case would ordinarily be credited to either one of the Knights or Cardinal-CenterFielder in theoretical combination of ''Queen move-Piece move-Queen move.'')

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