Many of the stratagems and tactics really are the same in XQ and traditional chess: fork, discovered check, closed mate(or half-closed in XQ) ,sacrifice, zugzwang (very rare in XQ) etc Difference : Opposition 2 kings (impossible in XQ), pat = mat, perpetual check is not a draw in XQ , it's lost...
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