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H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Aug 3, 2017 11:07 AM UTC:
files=12 ranks=12 maxPromote=2 promoChoice=QLG graphicsDir=../membergraphics/MSelven-chess/ whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b graphicsType=png startShade=#A0B0A0 symmetry=none satellite=metamachy pawn::fmWfceFfmnnD::a3,b3,c3,d3,e3,f3,g3,h3,i3,j3,k3,l3,,a10,b10,c10,d10,e10,f10,g10,h10,i10,j10,k10,l10 prince:M:KfmnnD:man:e2,h2,,e11,h11 knight:N:::c2,j2,,c11,j11 bishop::::d2,i2,,d11,i11 rook::::b2,k2,,b11,k11 queen::::f1,,f12 elephant::FA::a2,l2,,a11,l11 camel:A:::b1,k1,,b12,k12 cannon::::a1,l1,,a12,l12 eagle:G:FyafsF:falcon:g2,,g11 lion::KNAD::f2,,f11 king::KiAiDiN::g1,,g12

There seems to be no article about Jean-Louis Cazaux' Metamachy on CVP. Yet it seems a quite interesting large variant. Shall I make one?

    (Doing this game actually revealed a bug in the JavaScript code for the diagram: Betza 'n' (non-jumping) leaps would actually leap over virgin pieces, as the Prince revealed. I fixed that now. Another problem is that such lame leaps only created e.p. rights if the were initial moves; this is the first game I encountered where a rights-creating double push is not limited to virgin pieces. I solved that by making both 'in' and 'nn' imply e.p. capturability.)