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Magnet Chess

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

Claude Chaunier and Joao Neto. When a unit moves, it repels like-colored units and attacts opposite-colored units. This does not apply to kings. Castling magnetizes the rook. There is no en-passant capturing of pawns. For now, I decided that a pawn pushed to promotion will become a queen.

Magnetic Chess
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