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Foreign Policy Chess

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Keys "s"=save "l"=load "b"=back once

Francois Tremblay's variant, in which he makes fun of international interventionism. The peacekeepers win only by capturing both kings. If the peacekeeper captures one foreign king, and the other foreign power captures the peacekeeper king, it's a draw. The peacekeeper pawns cannot doublemove or promote to queens.

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