Sudden Death
Being stalemated loses the game instead of drawing it.
Every draw route that runs through stalemate now loses. A cornered king with no legal move is simply beaten, so stalling is not a plan. Checkmate still wins the ordinary way.
- Category
- Rules
- Rarity
- 2
- Runs on
- Sudden Death
Stars set how often an augment shows up, not how strong it is. Rare ones swing the game, and that is the point.
See it on the board
This position looks ordinary, and that is the point: under this rule the game can end here in a way it would not in ordinary chess.
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