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Ok, let's try something different: <h3>Entry 3: Splendid Isolation Chess, or</h3> <h4>Separate the Kids!</h4> Setup like ordinary chess. Pieces move as in ordinary chess, except pawns can move backward and there is no capturing, check, checkmate, or promotion. A player wins if and only if all of his pieces are separated from each other i.e. if none of the player's men is adjacent to any of the player's other men.<p> Here's a non-contest version for those who like capturing and promotion:<br> Setup like Chess. Pieces move as in Chess, except (1) the king isn't royal and can be captured like other pieces and (2) capturing is compulsory as in Losing Chess. A player wins if and only if his pieces are isolated. Note that a bare king is a win in this variant.