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Statistics of won games
white	2927 (49.47 %)
black	2886 (48.78 %)
Draws	103 (1.74 %)

Berolina Chess

At the first glance, Berolina Chess looks exactly like standard Chess. However, the difference becomes obvious when a player tried to move a pawn. In this variant, pawns move diagonally and capture enemy pieces vertically forward. The following picture shows all move options of white pawns in green dots:



Please note that a pawn on its initial row can move either one or two spaces diagonally, similar to one or two spaces forward in classic Chess.
En passant captures are possible in Berolina Chess as well. For example, when a white pawn stands on C5 and black moves a pawn from D7 to B5, white can makes a capture move C5-C6. Of course, as in standard Chess, en passant capture must be done immediately after black's pawn move, otherwise this option is lost. The next picture displays en passant capture (before and after):

  

All other rules are the same as for normal Chess.
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See also: Chess, Chinese Chess, Japanese Chess, Corner Chess, Fortress Chess, Horde Chess, Loop Chess, Anti Chess, Extinction Chess, Maharajah Chess, Three Checks Chess, Dark Chess, Atomic Chess, Janus Chess, Embassy Chess, Screen Chess, Crazy Screen Chess, Cylinder Chess, Amazon Chess, Berolina Chess, Fischer Random Chess, Legan Chess, Knight Relay Chess, Grand Chess, Capablanca Random Chess, Los Alamos Chess, Ambiguous Chess, Minishogi, Dice Chess, Recycle Chess, Ice Age Chess, Behemoth Chess, Cheshire Cat Chess, Knightmate Chess, Racing Kings, Dice Chess 10x10, Massacre Chess