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| It's a matter of etiquette, really. A move transfers one position to another. It should not alter the position during the move and act on it as such. Chewing away like a dog on a cookie trail and finding even more cookies because of it, is bad etiquette. It also eliminates a beautiful capturing mechanism, ironically called turkish capture. That's what's wrong with it too. | ||||||
| The previous example of a 'Coup Turc' combines the consequences of (2) and (3) and is therefore called a 'full turc'. There are 'semi turcs' too, like the one above. Capturing like a vacuum cleaner does eradicate turkish capture, be it full or semi. It's a way to trade style and elegance for immediate gratification. |
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