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Berolina Chess is a chess variant using a popular fairy chess piece called the Berolina pawn (also called Berlin pawn or Anti-pawn). The Berolina pawn was invented by Edmund Hebermann in 1926.
The rules of Berolina Chess are the same as in standard chess, including castling, except that all the pawns are replaced by Berolina pawns.
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The Berolina pawn moves, without capturing, one square diagonally forward. It captures one square straight forward. (So, it is the converse of a normal chess pawn, which moves straight forward and captures diagonally forward.)
Like a normal chess pawn, the Berolina has the option to move two squares forward on its first move (so for the Berolina, two squares diagonally forward). En passant capturing is possible as well (see diagram). As in normal chess, the Berolina pawn promotes when reaching the last rank.
Two famous pawns used in problem compositions are the Berolina Plus and the Sergeant.
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