Hostage chess
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title:
Hostage chess
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Hostage chess is a chess variant invented by John A. Leslie in 1997. Captured pieces are not eliminated from the game but can reenter active play through drops, similar to shogi. Unlike shogi, the piece a player may drop is one of their own pieces previously captured by the opponent. In exchange, the player returns a previously captured enemy piece which the opponent may drop on a future turn. This is the characteristic feature of the game. Hostage chess has tactical subtlety and "tends to favou
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Chess variant
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage_chess
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2023-04-24T10:43:15Z
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