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Intrigue Chess

If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Intrigue Chess here.
Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

A secret pawn carries the location of the king.

I programmed this so that pawns promote to queens, and did not allow castling. If a king appears on the square already occupied by the other, it is an automatic win.

Intrigue Chess by Nigel Chapman.

Chess Variants

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