Editing Losing chess (section)

==Variations==

===Variations regarding stalemate===
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 |White to move, but there are no legal moves. The position is stalemate. The game result depends on the variant being played. 
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Implementations of the main variant can vary in regard to stalemate.<ref name=tCVP>{{cite web |last1=Bodlaender |first1=Hans |title=Losing Chess |url=http://www.chessvariants.org/diffobjective.dir/giveaway.html |website=[[The Chess Variant Pages]] |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> "International" rules are as described above, with the stalemated player winning even if that player still has pieces on the board. FICS rules resolve stalemate as a win for the player with the fewer number of pieces remaining; if both have the same number, it is a draw (the piece types are irrelevant). "Joint" FICS/International rules resolves stalemate as a draw unless it is a victory for the same player under both rulesets.<ref name=solve /> The stalemate in the diagram is a win for White under "International" rules, a win for Black under FICS rules, and a draw under "joint" rules.
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===Variants in ''The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants''===
Pritchard discusses the following variants of the game in ''The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants''.{{sfnp|Pritchard|1994|p=176|ps=}}

'''Variant 2'''

Rules are the same as the main rules, except:
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 |Pawns promote only to queens.
 |Stalemate is a draw.
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'''Variant 3'''

Rules are the same as the main rules, except:
* The king has royal powers, and removing the king from check takes precedence over capturing another piece.
* A player wins by reducing his pieces to a [[bare king]], or by checkmating the opponent.
* Stalemate is a draw.

'''Variant 4'''

Rules are the same as variant 3, except:
* A player wins by reducing his pieces to a bare king, or by getting checkmated.
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