Pawn promotion on ranks 1 and 8 can’t be to a giraffe; to have that option, promotion has to happen on row 0 or 9.
Draws are rare (I don’t think they’re completely avoided. End games with just two kings still could be a draw) because a king move onto one of the opponent’s extra squares wins, because what formerly was a stalemate now is a loss for the player to move, and because there’s a 50 move rule which says a piece must be captured at least every 50th move.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 9.1 ms ] threadAll are occupied by giraffes at start of play (https://www.giraffechess.com/giraffe-chess/).
Giraffes are (1,3) leapers (that’s in conflict with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_(chess), where that’s called a camel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_(chess) )
Pawn promotion on ranks 1 and 8 can’t be to a giraffe; to have that option, promotion has to happen on row 0 or 9.
Draws are rare (I don’t think they’re completely avoided. End games with just two kings still could be a draw) because a king move onto one of the opponent’s extra squares wins, because what formerly was a stalemate now is a loss for the player to move, and because there’s a 50 move rule which says a piece must be captured at least every 50th move.