Three Strikes
Check the enemy king three times and you win outright.
The check counter lives in the position record and carries across the whole game. Checkmate still wins immediately, so three checks is a second route rather than the only one. Checks delivered by discovery count too.
- Category
- Rules
- Rarity
- 2
- Runs on
- Three-check
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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