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		janalsncm on Dec 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Human Chess is a chess variant where playing the t... The problem is that there may not always be 3 possible moves in a given position.

a1369209993 on Dec 1, 2022 [–]

There may not always be 1 possible move in a given position either; how does regular chess handle that? (Presumably you'd use the same rule by default for human^n chess.)

Leherenn on Dec 2, 2022 | [–]

It's called a stalemate, and results in a draw.

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