Editing Losing chess (section)

{{short description|Chess variant: goal is to lose pieces}}
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 |After 1.e3 b5 2.Bxb5 Bb7 (diagram) White must capture 3.Bxd7, the only legal move. Then Black must also capture, but can choose among Nxd7, Qxd7, Kxd7, or Bxg2. 
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'''Losing chess'''{{efn|Also known as '''antichess''', the '''losing game''', '''giveaway chess''', '''suicide chess''', '''killer chess''', '''must-kill''', '''take-all chess''', '''take-me chess''', '''capture chess''' or '''losums'''.}} is one of the most popular [[chess variants]].<ref>Pritchard (2007), p. 86</ref><ref>Parlett (1999), p. 324</ref> The objective of each player is to lose all of their [[chess piece|pieces]] or be [[stalemate]]d, that is, a [[misère]] version. In some variations, a player may also win by [[checkmating]] or by being checkmated.

Losing chess was [[solved game#Weak_solution|weakly solved]] in 2016 by Mark Watkins as a win for White, beginning with 1.e3.

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