Piece+Drop

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a move in various Chess variants where a captured piece (captive or reversed piece) may placed onto an empty square on the board to subsequently be used as own piece.
 * Piece Drop**,

=Shogi= 
 * A pawn, knight, or lance may not be dropped on the furthest rank
 * A knight may not be dropped on the penultimate (player's 8th) rank
 * Dropping within the promotion zone doesn't result in immediate promotion
 * A pawn cannot be dropped onto a file containing another unpromoted pawn of the same player
 * A pawn cannot be dropped to give an immediate checkmate

=Crazyhouse= 
 * Drops resulting in immediate checkmate are permitted, including pawns
 * Pawns may not be dropped the 1st or last ranks
 * Promoted but captured pawns are dropped as pawns

=External Links=
 * [|A Glossary of Basic Chess Variant Terms - D]

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