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The Man, also commonly known as a Guard, Prince or Commoner is a piece which has appeared in various early chess variants under various names. It moves like the usual King, but is not Royal.
The Man is a popular piece, used in many games, under many names, including:
The Man combines the movement of the Ferz and the Wazir; that is it may either step one square in any direction (like a King). The Man is not a royal piece. The Man captures the same way as it moves.
In the diagram, the Man can move and capture to any square with a black circle.
A man can move to any adjacent space. Two spaces are adjacent if they are orthogonally or diagonally adjacent. Orthogonally adjacent spaces share a common side. Diagonally adjacent spaces share no sides in common but are connected at a corner. If the spaces are squares, they share a common corner; if they are hexagons, an adjoining line connects a corner of each space.
Click on an image to view the full piece set it belongs to.
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