How much do you know Horde?

@rune_raider waited for this and he messaged me so he won't participate in this one.

1. How does black win?

2. How does white win?

3. What happens if White can't move any pawns?

4. How many spaces can White's back-rank pawns move?

5. How many pawns does White have in the start position?

6. What are White's four best moves in the start position? 

7. What is Black's most likely best reply to 1 d5 and why?

8. Is either side thought to be winning in the start position? If so, then who?

9. What is the rook shuffle opening?

10. Is Black capable of performing en-passant on a back-rank pawn that moves two squares? (i.e. White has pawn on g1, Black has pawn on h3, and White moves g3).

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1. Take white pawns

2. Checkmate black king

3. Stalemate, draw

4. 2

5. 36

6. d5, e5, h5, a5

7. e6/a6. IDK why

8. Starting position is equal, but many players thought, that black is winning

9. Maybe h5 or a5 on the 1st move for black?

10. No

1. taking all of white's pawns

2. mating the black king

3. stalemate and it's a draw (unless there are promoted pieces white can move, then play continues as normal)

4. Based on chess.com rules, 2 (from the 1st to 3rd rank)

5. 36 i think?

6. idk

7. idk

8. black

9. It's when you move a rook back and forth between two squares to build a fortress.

10. i think so, but it's very unlikely to happen in a game (if it is possible to get a pawn that far).

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