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Slippery Center Chess

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

Philip Cohen, c. 1970. Pieces that move onto one of the center squares keep moving in the same direction. I did not allow en passant capturing of a pawn that has slipped. Otherwise, I did allow en passant capturing (the description in Pritchard's book seemed ambiguous.)

Chess Variants

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