The new pawn functions like a regular pawn except that it can
leap over any man in its initial two-step move. En-passant is not
allowed if a pawn has made a jump. Otherwise this variant is like
regular chess. This minimal rule change creates many new
possibilities in opening and middle game. You can delay the
movement of the c- and f-pawn by placing a knight before it. A
knight pawn can now attack even if it is blocked.

http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/leapfrogchess.htm

Mats

On Mar 27, 4:42 pm, "M Winther" wrote:
The new pawn functions like a regular pawn except that it can

Isn't that a Berolina pawn???

Offramp wrote:
On Mar 27, 4:42 pm, "M Winther" wrote:
The new pawn functions like a regular pawn except that it can

Isn't that a Berolina pawn???

A Berolina pawn steps slantwise, but catches forward.

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Anders Thulin anders*thulin.name http://www.anders.thulin.name/

On Mar 27, 5:01*pm, Anders Thulin
wrote:
Offramp wrote:
On Mar 27, 4:42 pm, "M Winther" wrote:
The new pawn functions like a regular pawn except that it can

Isn't that a Berolina pawn???

A Berolina pawn steps slantwise, but catches forward.

--
Anders Thulin * * anders*thulin.name * *http://www.anders.thulin.name/

That is correct. With Berolina pawns, White can open, say, 1.e2-c4,
or 1.c2-e4. If Black replies to 1.c2-e4 with 1.c7-e5, White can
capture 2.e4xe5.
The OC says Berolina pawns were invented by one Edmund Niebermann
circa 1926. It gives a game from a thematic Berolina tournament held
in 1957.