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Piece Drop,
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.

Shogi

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• 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

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• 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

References

1. ^ Shogi from Wikipedia - Drops
2. ^ Crazyhouse from Wikipedia

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