A chess game that makes love not war

Per Fischer
Jul 26, 2017 · 4 min read

Paco Ŝako is a variant of chess by Dutch artist and designer Felix Albers. The basic rules for how the pieces move are the same as for chess, but there are two very distinctive differences: no pieces are ever captured and removed from the board, and two opposite pieces can unite into one piece and move together. With me so far? Good, it gets weirder and very interesting indeed.

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Per Fischer

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Translator and communications professional. I also dabble in game design and crime fiction — and play board games.

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