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I was playing chess against the computer and captured black’s queen. All of a sudden, a black pawn appears out of thin air, one space behind the captured queen for a total of nine pawns, and moves multiple squares diagonally.
The computer calls this move “P @ e6,” but after half an hour of scouring the internet, I could not figure out what that means.
1. | h2 - h4 | Nb8 - c6 |
2. | e2 - e4 | e7 - e5 |
3. | Rh1 - h3 | Qd8 × h4 |
4. | Rh3 - h4 | P @ e2 |
How did this happen?
You were playing the chess variant called Crazyhouse. In this variant you can place pieces you captured, as one of your color anywhere on the board, instead of a normal move.
I don't know the software you are using, but on Lichess the variant can be selected in the "Create a game" dialog. There should be something similar in your application.
